Iliyasu Surname

5,198th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108,992 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Iliyasu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Iliyasu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria108,6611:1,630212
Ghana2771:97,5489,187
Cameroon111:1,888,09798,267
England111:5,065,278148,650
Israel91:950,84857,975
Iceland61:63,3484,218
Bangladesh41:39,839,19317,324
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737

Iliyasu (89,164) may also be a first name.

Iliyasu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Iliyasu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Iliyasu (Arabic: الياسو, Hindi: इलियास) occurs most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Iliyasu? popularity and diffusion

It is the 5,198th most frequently occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 66,863 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Iliyasu reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 11,279th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 89,164 people.

It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 108,661 people, or 1 in 1,630. In Nigeria Iliyasu is most frequent in: Kano, where 21 percent reside, Katsina, where 14 percent reside and Kaduna, where 11 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Iliyasu occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 0 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.

Iliyasu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Muslim (96%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

Iliyasu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Iliyasu in the Hindi language
इलियासiliyasa66.67
इलियासुiliyasu33.33
Iliyasu in the Arabic language
الياسوalyasw-

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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
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