Riliwan Surname

382,699th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 930 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Riliwan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Riliwan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria9201:192,54611,649
Niger71:2,741,71749,802
Iceland21:190,0456,825
England11:55,718,059489,080

Riliwan (7,446) may also be a first name.

Riliwan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Riliwan is most common in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Riliwan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 382,699th most prevalent surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 7,836,071 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Riliwan live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 74,529th most frequently used forename on earth. It is borne by 7,446 people.

This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 920 people, or 1 in 192,546. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Lagos, where 31 percent reside, Oyo, where 16 percent reside and Ogun, where 8 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 1 percent reside and Iceland, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Riliwane933/
Riliwon8653/
Reliwan8640/
Riluwan8628/
Rilywan865/
Ruliwan862/
Rilewan861/
Rileewan803/
Riluwaan803/
Reluwan7118/
Riluvan713/
Relewan711/
Reliwon711/
Ruluwan711/
Reliban710/
Riluvaan673/
Reilhivam632/
Reluvan575/
Relevan571/
Ruluvan571/
Relevant5343/
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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 Riliwan
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