Itelima Surname
Approximately 294 people bear this surname
Itelima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 293 | 1:604,583 | 28,901 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Itelima (122) may also be a first name.
Itelima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Itelima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Itelima is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Itelima? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 906,170th most widely held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 24,787,571 people. The surname Itelima occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Itelima live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Itelima is also the 844,248th most frequent forename worldwide, held by 122 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 293 people, or 1 in 604,583. In Nigeria Itelima is mostly found in: Rivers, where 85 percent reside, Lagos, where 4 percent reside and Delta, where 4 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Ghana, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Itaelima | 93 | 1 | / |
| Itelimo | 86 | 174 | / |
| Itolima | 86 | 78 | / |
| Itelema | 86 | 17 | / |
| Itelime | 86 | 5 | / |
| Jitalima | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aithalima | 75 | 1 | / |
| Itelemo | 71 | 17 | / |
| Etelimo | 71 | 11 | / |
| Itoluma | 71 | 5 | / |
| Etalima | 71 | 4 | / |
| Utelema | 71 | 4 | / |
| Utolima | 71 | 3 | / |
| Itelemi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Italema | 71 | 1 | / |
| Itilimo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Itolema | 71 | 1 | / |
| Italimo | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ithoileima | 71 | 1 | / |
| Italuma | 71 | 1 | / |
| Etelämaa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Etaliema | 67 | 1 | / |
| Itelemes | 67 | 1 | / |
| Etelemo | 57 | 42 | / |
| Etalema | 57 | 22 | / |
| Utaluma | 57 | 1 | / |
| Etealeme | 53 | 1 | / |
| Etalemahu | 50 | 37,347 | / |
| Oythelemi | 50 | 1 | / |
| Etalemhau | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Itelima
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis