Iliay Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Iliay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Iliay (50) may also be a first name.
Iliay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iliay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Iliay is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Iliay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Iliay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,908,606th most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Iliay live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,412,538th most frequent first name worldwide. It is borne by 50 people.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kaduna, where 73 percent reside, Abia, where 7 percent reside and Bauchi, where 7 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Algeria, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Iliay
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