Acting Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Acting Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
Acting (383) may also be a first name.
Acting Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Acting Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Acting is most common in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Acting? popularity and diffusion
Acting is the 5,391,485th most widely held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 54 percent of Acting reside; 54 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Acting is also the 442,958th most frequent first name world-wide. It is borne by 383 people.
The surname Acting is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria Acting is mostly found in: Sokoto, where 100 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Acting exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United Arab Emirates, where 31 percent are found and Iran, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Actting | 92 | 0 | / |
| Actings | 92 | 0 | / |
| Actin | 91 | 9 | / |
| Hachting | 86 | 12 | / |
| Agting | 83 | 842 | / |
| Action | 83 | 549 | / |
| Octing | 83 | 48 | / |
| Actina | 83 | 25 | / |
| Akting | 83 | 13 | / |
| Gactin | 83 | 1 | / |
| Haictin | 77 | 186 | / |
| Hagting | 77 | 160 | / |
| Auction | 77 | 6 | / |
| Gaictin | 77 | 2 | / |
| Acthien | 77 | 2 | / |
| Octiong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Octting | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ochting | 77 | 0 | / |
| Aktin | 73 | 740 | / |
| Agtin | 73 | 20 | / |
| Octin | 73 | 12 | / |
| Acten | 73 | 2 | / |
| Agtng | 73 | 1 | / |
| Octhieng | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ausgting | 71 | 1 | / |
| Agtina | 67 | 328 | / |
| Octina | 67 | 88 | / |
| Aktina | 67 | 81 | / |
| Hoctin | 67 | 51 | / |
| Ogting | 67 | 31 | / |
| Aktien | 67 | 21 | / |
| Akhtin | 67 | 4 | / |
| Acthen | 67 | 4 | / |
| Oction | 67 | 3 | / |
| Agtind | 67 | 3 | / |
| Augtin | 67 | 3 | / |
| Akteng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Octhin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Octeng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ackten | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aktion | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hacten | 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 Acting
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