Ilonwa Surname

940,398th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 279 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ilonwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ilonwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2741:646,50630,379
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ilonwa (10) may also be a first name.

Ilonwa Last Name Facts

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

Ilonwa is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ilonwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Ilonwa? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 940,398th most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 26,120,236 people. The last name Ilonwa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ilonwa live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ilonwa is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name internationally, borne by 10 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 274 people, or 1 in 646,506. In Nigeria Ilonwa is most prevalent in: Enugu, where 32 percent reside, Lagos, where 24 percent reside and Akwa Ibom, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 0 percent reside and Italy, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ilonwua924/
Ilonwah921/
Elonwa8317/
Ilanwa835/
Ulonwa831/
Ilomwa831/
Ilounba775/
Jilanwa771/
Ijluinwa711/
Ilianwua711/
Ilomba67668/
Elunwa6763/
Ilunba6721/
Elonba671/
Ilomwi671/
Elanwa671/
Elonwo671/

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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 Ilonwa
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