Ileyi Surname
Approximately 40 people bear this surname
Ileyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 39 | 1:4,542,122 | 122,724 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Ileyi (48) may also be a first name.
Ileyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ileyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ileyi occurs most in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ileyi? popularity and diffusion
Ileyi is the 3,100,440th most prevalent family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ileyi live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,448,253rd most frequent first name at a global level, held by 48 people.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 4,542,122. In Nigeria Ileyi is most common in: Benue, where 56 percent live, Lagos, where 23 percent live and Kogi, where 18 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 3 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 Ileyi
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis