Riliwan Surname
Approximately 930 people bear this surname
Riliwan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 920 | 1:192,546 | 11,649 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
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 more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Riliwan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 382,699th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 7,836,071 people. The last name Riliwan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Riliwan are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 74,529th most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 7,446 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 920 people, or 1 in 192,546. In Nigeria Riliwan is primarily found in: Lagos, where 31 percent are found, Oyo, where 16 percent are found and Ogun, where 8 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 1 percent are found and Iceland, where 0 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
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- 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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