Action Surname
Approximately 549 people bear this surname
Action Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 259 | 1:296,458 | 21,077 |
| Malawi | 131 | 1:130,680 | 14,293 |
| Nigeria | 89 | 1:1,990,368 | 70,088 |
| Pakistan | 26 | 1:6,870,919 | 39,117 |
| Israel | 7 | 1:1,222,519 | 68,299 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,476,622 | 29,385 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 13 | 1:287,940 | 9,345 |
| England | 6 | 1:4,062,562 | 101,150 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 12 | 1:4,184,890 | 180,076 |
Action (2,536) may also be a first name.
Action Demographics
Average Action Salary in
England
£29,700
Per year
Average Salary in
England
£26,976
Per year
Action Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Action Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Action is most common in Iran. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Action click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Action? popularity and diffusion
Action is the 573,706th most frequently used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 13,274,218 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 53 percent of Action live; 52 percent live in South Asia and 52 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 146,421st most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 2,536 people.
The surname Action is most frequently held in Iran, where it is held by 259 people, or 1 in 296,458. In Iran it is mostly found in: Gilan Province, where 44 percent are found, Tehran Province, where 26 percent are found and Hormozgan Province, where 7 percent are found. Aside from Iran this last name is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 24 percent are found and Nigeria, where 16 percent are found.
Action Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Action has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Action surname declined 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Action Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Action last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
Action earn somewhat less than the average income. In Canada they earn 8.76% less than the national average, earning $45,329 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Auction | 92 | 6 | / |
| Actin | 91 | 9 | / |
| Actionnt | 86 | 1 | / |
| Addction | 86 | 1 | / |
| Actina | 83 | 25 | / |
| Acting | 83 | 13 | / |
| Acteon | 83 | 5 | / |
| Oction | 83 | 3 | / |
| Gactin | 83 | 1 | / |
| Aktion | 83 | 1 | / |
| Haictin | 77 | 186 | / |
| Octijon | 77 | 2 | / |
| Gaictin | 77 | 2 | / |
| Acthien | 77 | 2 | / |
| Aktaion | 77 | 1 | / |
| Octiong | 77 | 1 | / |
| Actting | 77 | 0 | / |
| Aktin | 73 | 740 | / |
| Agtin | 73 | 20 | / |
| Octin | 73 | 12 | / |
| Acten | 73 | 2 | / |
| Achtiaan | 71 | 4 | / |
| Haugtion | 71 | 1 | / |
| Agting | 67 | 842 | / |
| Agtina | 67 | 328 | / |
| Octina | 67 | 88 | / |
| Aktina | 67 | 81 | / |
| Hoctin | 67 | 51 | / |
| Octing | 67 | 48 | / |
| Aktien | 67 | 21 | / |
| Aztian | 67 | 12 | / |
| Agtian | 67 | 10 | / |
| Aktian | 67 | 5 | / |
| Aktionova | 67 | 5 | / |
| Acthen | 67 | 4 | / |
| Akhtin | 67 | 4 | / |
| Agtind | 67 | 3 | / |
| Augtin | 67 | 3 | / |
| Octeon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ackten | 67 | 1 | / |
| Octhin | 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 Action
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