Iliyah Surname
Approximately 287 people bear this surname
Iliyah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 158 | 1:1,121,157 | 46,146 |
| Indonesia | 129 | 1:1,025,188 | 74,895 |
Iliyah (262) may also be a first name.
Iliyah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Iliyah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Iliyah (Marathi: इलीयाह) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Iliyah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 921,780th most frequent last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 25,392,146 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 55 percent of Iliyah live; 55 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Iliyah is also the 549,774th most frequent given name internationally. It is borne by 262 people.
The surname Iliyah is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 158 people, or 1 in 1,121,157. In Nigeria Iliyah is primarily found in: Kaduna, where 28 percent reside, Plateau, where 22 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 11 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Indonesia, where 45 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Iliyah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Iliyah in the Marathi language | ||
| इलीयाह | iliyaha | - |
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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 Iliyah
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