Ilum Surname
Approximately 489 people bear this surname
Ilum Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 257 | 1:689,271 | 31,915 |
| Denmark | 93 | 1:60,696 | 6,147 |
| Cameroon | 37 | 1:561,326 | 43,620 |
| Papua New Guinea | 32 | 1:254,804 | 34,943 |
| Indonesia | 26 | 1:5,086,507 | 239,866 |
| Philippines | 9 | 1:11,248,691 | 221,039 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 1:3,907,458 | 23,065 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
Ilum (237) may also be a first name.
Ilum Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ilum Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ilum (Marathi: ईलुम) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ilum? popularity and diffusion
Ilum is the 626,382nd most frequently occurring surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 14,902,957 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 61 percent of Ilum live; 53 percent live in West Africa and 53 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ilum is also the 581,650th most numerous first name world-wide, held by 237 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 257 people, or 1 in 689,271. In Nigeria Ilum is mostly found in: Ebonyi, where 37 percent live, Abia, where 34 percent live and Benue, where 17 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 18 countries. It is also common in Denmark, where 19 percent live and Cameroon, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ilum Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ilum in the Marathi language | ||
| ईलुम | iluma | - |
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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
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- 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 Ilum
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