Ilyasu Surname
Approximately 27,731 people bear this surname
Ilyasu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 27,371 | 1:6,472 | 783 |
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 1 | 1:177,423 | 3,686 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ilyasu (20,754) may also be a first name.
Ilyasu Demographics
Ilyasu Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Ilyasu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ilyasu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ilyasu (Hindi: इल्यासु) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ilyasu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 19,766th most widely held family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 262,794 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ilyasu reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 36,790th most frequent given name in the world. It is borne by 20,754 people.
The surname Ilyasu is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 27,371 people, or 1 in 6,472. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kano, where 33 percent are found, Katsina, where 13 percent are found and Jigawa, where 12 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 1 percent are found and Cameroon, where 0 percent are found.
Ilyasu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Ilyasu surname is principally Muslim (97%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ilyasu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ilyasu in the Hindi language | ||
| इल्यासु | ilyasu | - |
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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 Ilyasu
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