Rilwan Surname
Approximately 9,760 people bear this surname
Rilwan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6,888 | 1:25,718 | 2,220 |
| Sri Lanka | 2,558 | 1:8,135 | 1,187 |
| Maldives | 145 | 1:2,787 | 272 |
| India | 41 | 1:18,708,912 | 282,725 |
| Kuwait | 39 | 1:97,454 | 10,676 |
| United Arab Emirates | 30 | 1:305,409 | 20,323 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Qatar | 12 | 1:196,500 | 26,891 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Rilwan (18,722) may also be a first name.
Rilwan Demographics
Rilwan Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Rilwan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Rilwan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Rilwan has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Rilwan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Rilwan is the 52,424th most frequently used last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 746,675 people. The surname Rilwan occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Rilwan are found; 71 percent are found in West Africa and 71 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Rilwan is also the 39,727th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 18,722 people.
The surname Rilwan is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 6,888 people, or 1 in 25,718. In Nigeria Rilwan is primarily found in: Kaduna, where 21 percent are found, Kano, where 15 percent are found and Niger, where 7 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in Sri Lanka, where 26 percent are found and The Maldives, where 1 percent are found.
Rilwan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is predominantly Muslim (97%) in Nigeria.
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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 Rilwan
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