Act Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Act Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Act (188) may also be a first name.
Act Demographics
Average Male Act Height
175.69 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Act Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Act Come From? nationality or country of origin
Act has its highest incidence in Taiwan. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Act.
How Common Is The Last Name Act? popularity and diffusion
The surname Act is the 6,360,413th most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 56 percent of Act live; 44 percent live in East Asia and 44 percent live in Sino-East Asia. Act is also the 663,277th most commonly occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 188 people.
The surname is most common in Taiwan, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 5,861,186. In Taiwan it is primarily concentrated in: New Taipei City, where 50 percent reside and Taichung City, where 50 percent reside. Without taking into account Taiwan this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 33 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acte | 86 | 4,493 | / |
| Acht | 86 | 305 | / |
| Acst | 86 | 30 | / |
| Acct | 86 | 11 | / |
| Aczt | 86 | 6 | / |
| Eact | 86 | 5 | / |
| Hact | 86 | 4 | / |
| Aact | 86 | 2 | / |
| Aict | 86 | 2 | / |
| Actt | 86 | 2 | / |
| Ahct | 86 | 1 | / |
| Acts | 86 | 1 | / |
| Gact | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ackt | 86 | 1 | / |
| Asct | 86 | 1 | / |
| Atct | 86 | 1 | / |
| Acqt | 86 | 1 | / |
| Akct | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ac | 80 | 14,153 | / |
| Achte | 75 | 348 | / |
| Hacht | 75 | 264 | / |
| Accts | 75 | 13 | / |
| Aycth | 75 | 7 | / |
| Gacht | 75 | 5 | / |
| Acctt | 75 | 3 | / |
| Acthe | 75 | 3 | / |
| Heact | 75 | 2 | / |
| Hacte | 75 | 2 | / |
| Atctt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Eacte | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hackt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Aacht | 75 | 1 | / |
| Aacth | 75 | 1 | / |
| Eauct | 75 | 1 | / |
| Eactz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Achht | 75 | 1 | / |
| Acsht | 75 | 1 | / |
| Aycht | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ayckt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Atcht | 75 | 0 | / |
| Eacht | 75 | 0 | / |
| Hac | 67 | 9,290 | / |
| Ack | 67 | 1,118 | / |
| Acc | 67 | 675 | / |
| Azt | 67 | 454 | / |
| Akt | 67 | 359 | / |
| Acx | 67 | 215 | / |
| Aic | 67 | 187 | / |
| Agt | 67 | 178 | / |
| Ajc | 67 | 59 | / |
| Ahc | 67 | 29 | / |
| Oct | 67 | 28 | / |
| Akc | 67 | 26 | / |
| Aqc | 67 | 25 | / |
| Auc | 67 | 21 | / |
| Agc | 67 | 20 | / |
| Gaicth | 67 | 19 | / |
| Acp | 67 | 19 | / |
| Acq | 67 | 17 | / |
| Acd | 67 | 15 | / |
| Atq | 67 | 14 | / |
| Eac | 67 | 13 | / |
| Aac | 67 | 13 | / |
| Ajt | 67 | 13 | / |
| Gadcht | 67 | 9 | / |
| Acg | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ayc | 67 | 7 | / |
| Aachte | 67 | 5 | / |
| Gaicht | 67 | 4 | / |
| Aqt | 67 | 4 | / |
| Eacket | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hachte | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hactch | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aicket | 67 | 1 | / |
| Asscts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hacthe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hauckt | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gaacht | 67 | 1 | / |
| Acctts | 67 | 1 | / |
| Heacht | 67 | 1 | / |
| Haicht | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Act
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis