Ilijah Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Ilijah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
Ilijah (50) may also be a first name.
Ilijah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ilijah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ilijah is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ilijah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ilijah is the 6,360,413th most commonly used surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Ilijah is primarily found in Africa, where 78 percent of Ilijah live; 78 percent live in West Africa and 78 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ilijah is also the 1,412,538th most frequently used first name worldwide. It is borne by 50 people.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Akwa Ibom, where 57 percent live, Borno, where 14 percent live and Kano, where 14 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 22 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 Ilijah
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