Yilji Surname

1,115,011th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 218 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Yilji Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Yilji Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2171:816,32636,276
Iceland11:380,09011,096

Yilji (101) may also be a first name.

Yilji Last Name Facts

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

The surname Yilji occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Yilji? popularity and diffusion

Yilji is the 1,115,011th most frequently occurring last name globally, held by around 1 in 33,429,110 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Yilji live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 940,641st most widely held first name on earth, borne by 101 people.

This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 217 people, or 1 in 816,326. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Plateau, where 89 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 6 percent reside and Ekiti, where 2 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Iceland, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ilji897/
Iljić80442/
Yilgi8028/
Hilji808/
Iliji803/
Yilci803/
Iljzi802/
Ailji802/
Gilji801/
Yilie801/
Ilhji801/
Ildji801/
Ilijić73857/
Ilhiji73464/
Yiljep73268/
Ilojie7371/
Illiji737/
Yoliji736/
Yilgit735/
Jiliji733/
Ilhdji732/
Yilsiz732/
Yilgiç732/
Iljoit731/
Iljeit731/
Ilijoi731/
Ilijid731/
Hiliji731/
Yilcit731/
Yilgia731/
Yilieh731/
Iselji731/
Yilziz731/
Giljie731/
Giljai731/
Ilayji731/
Ilie6763,097/
İlçi673,269/
Ilgi67673/
Ilja67122/
Eilojie6755/
Elji6751/
Ailojie6718/
Ilijich6716/
Ilci6713/
Ilje6712/
Ilsi6710/
Ilhijji676/
Ilié674/
Yilship672/
Ilxi671/
Iljj671/
Jilajhi671/
Ailijit671/
Illajji671/
Ilhijio671/
Ilzj671/
Aitljid671/
Yljy671/
Jlji671/

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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 Yilji
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