Ilewu Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Ilewu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Ilewu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ilewu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ilewu is found most in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ilewu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,798,600th most widespread last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname Ilewu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Ilewu reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Ilewu is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Cross River, where 62 percent live, Edo, where 35 percent live and Benue, where 4 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Ilewu exists in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 4 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 Ilewu
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