Iliyasu

surname · Latin script

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 2 countries

Iliyasu is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country.

  • NGNigeria≈1 in 21M(inferred from the name graph)

carrying the name, as Mondonomo estimates it from our sources: no national register counts it in these countries. Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈11 people, est.

Record sources
56 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 21M (inferred from the name graph)

Nigeria, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Where the surname Iliyasu is found

(measured from records)

Iliyasu counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Iliyasu is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NG Nigeria#360≈11 est.≈1 in 21MlistedIliyasu56
KE Kenya————Iliyasu1
US United States————Iliyasu17
GH Ghana————Iliyasu8
GB United Kingdom————Iliyasu15
AU Australia————Iliyasu1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence

(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Iliyasu under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

In which country does Iliyasu have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 11 people named Iliyasu in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled iliyasu.
How common is the name Iliyasu?
Mondonomo estimates about 11 people in Nigeria have Iliyasu as their first surname, about 1 in 21 million residents. No national register counts it there; the figure is ours, calibrated against the registers that do.
How common is Iliyasu compared with other names?
In Nigeria, Iliyasu is the 360th most common surname of 346,007 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Iliyasu” — the 360th most common surname in Nigeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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