Tilewa Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Benin

Tilewa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Tilewa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
England11:55,718,059489,080
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Tilewa (148) may also be a first name.

Tilewa Last Name Facts

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

Tilewa is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Tilewa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,532,898th most commonly occurring family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Tilewa live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Tilewa is also the 757,758th most frequently held given name throughout the world. It is borne by 148 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria Tilewa is mostly concentrated in: Osun, where 57 percent are found, Oyo, where 21 percent are found and Lagos, where 14 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 5 percent are found and England, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Tilewad9270/
Tuilewa924/
Tailewa923/
Tileva83849/
Telewa83660/
Tiliwa83527/
Tulewa8318/
Tilawa8316/
Tilewo831/
Tilevad77382/
Tilawah77146/
Tilaeva7760/
Tilivea7752/
Tiloeva7730/
Tileeva778/
Tuilawa777/
Tilieva776/
Tihleva774/
Tilebay772/
Telewad772/
Tilihwa771/
Tuileva771/
Tileuva771/
Tilevau771/
Taileba771/
Teleswa771/
Taileva771/
Tilyaeva7145/
Tiglieva711/
Tiliaeva711/
Tilevadh711/
Teleewad711/
Teleba67253/
Tuleva67149/
Telawa6753/
Teliwa6751/
Tilava6747/
Telewo6740/
Telewe6729/
Televa6727/
Tilibe6725/
Tulawa6721/
Telewi6713/
Tiliba6712/
Tilebo673/
Tilive673/
Tileve672/
Tyleva671/
Tiliwe671/
Tilavo671/
Tilebi671/

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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 Tilewa
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