Ilisha Surname
Approximately 377 people bear this surname
Ilisha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 360 | 1:492,063 | 24,644 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Ilisha (666) may also be a first name.
Ilisha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ilisha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ilisha (Bengali: ইলিশা, Hindi: इलिशा, Marathi: इलीशा, Oriya: ଇଲିଶା) is most common in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ilisha click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ilisha? popularity and diffusion
It is the 758,524th most widely held family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 19,330,361 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Ilisha are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 321,585th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 666 people.
Ilisha is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 360 people, or 1 in 492,063. In Nigeria Ilisha is most numerous in: Federal Capital Territory, where 25 percent live, Plateau, where 17 percent live and Adamawa, where 13 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Ilisha occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ilisha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ilisha in the Bengali language | ||
| ইলিশা | ilisa | - |
| Ilisha in the Oriya language | ||
| ଇଲିଶା | ilisa | - |
| Ilisha in the Marathi language | ||
| इलीशा | ilisa | 70 |
| ईलीशा | ilisa | 30 |
| Ilisha in the Hindi language | ||
| इलिशा | ilisa | 38.89 |
| इलीशा | ilisa | 33.33 |
| ईलीशा | ilisa | 22.22 |
| इलियास | iliyasa | 5.56 |
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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 Ilisha
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