Ileje Surname
Approximately 129 people bear this surname
Ileje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 117 | 1:1,514,041 | 57,594 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ileje (75) may also be a first name.
Ileje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ileje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ileje is most common in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Ileje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ileje? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,581,912th most numerous family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 56,492,604 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Ileje reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,116,575th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 75 people.
The last name Ileje is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 117 people, or 1 in 1,514,041. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Kogi, where 41 percent live, Enugu, where 16 percent live and Lagos, where 15 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent live and Tanzania, where 2 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ileje
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