Jilah Surname
Approximately 497 people bear this surname
Jilah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 247 | 1:409,871 | 52,096 |
| Indonesia | 235 | 1:562,763 | 45,179 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Jilah (1,325) may also be a first name.
Jilah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jilah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jilah is found most in The Philippines. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Jilah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 618,896th most frequently used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 14,663,070 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 98 percent of Jilah reside; 98 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 89 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 215,847th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 1,325 people.
The surname is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is carried by 247 people, or 1 in 409,871. In The Philippines it is primarily concentrated in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 81 percent are found, Zamboanga Peninsula, where 10 percent are found and Calabarzon, where 6 percent are found. Beside The Philippines it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 47 percent are found and Nigeria, where 2 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 Jilah
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