Isimila Surname

1,565,797th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 131 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Isimila Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Isimila Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1301:1,362,63753,337
Benin11:10,335,602103,742

Isimila (186) may also be a first name.

Isimila Last Name Facts

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

Isimila is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Isimila? popularity and diffusion

The surname Isimila is the 1,565,797th most widely held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 55,630,121 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Isimila live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 667,122nd most frequently held first name worldwide. It is borne by 186 people.

The last name Isimila is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 130 people, or 1 in 1,362,637. In Nigeria Isimila is primarily concentrated in: Oyo, where 22 percent are found, Lagos, where 15 percent are found and Ondo, where 15 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Benin, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Isimila
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