Active Surname

1,276,805th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 179 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Dominica

Active Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Active Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran1401:548,44731,494
England181:3,095,448105,421
Jamaica51:573,98910,196
Uganda51:7,807,856134,263
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Dominica21:37,946685
Saint Lucia21:89,3902,918
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England171:1,433,84549,523
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States181:2,789,927129,797

Active (1,689) may also be a first name.

Active Last Name Facts

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

Active occurs more in Iran more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Active? popularity and diffusion

The surname Active is the 1,276,805th most commonly held last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. The surname Active occurs predominantly in Asia, where 78 percent of Active live; 78 percent live in South Asia and 78 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 187,161st most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 1,689 people.

The last name Active is most frequently used in Iran, where it is carried by 140 people, or 1 in 548,447. In Iran it is most frequent in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 41 percent are found, Gilan Province, where 27 percent are found and Tehran Province, where 14 percent are found. Outside of Iran this surname occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in England, where 10 percent are found and Jamaica, where 3 percent are found.

Active Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Active has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Active last name grew 106 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Activa83309/
Activi8365/
Octive8328/
Activiy771/
Octiver771/
Octivez771/
Activist711,705/
Octave675,470/
Octiva67306/
Aktiva6710/
Actiba672/
Octivi671/
Octeve670/
Aktieva6242/
Octeeve621/
Aktivio621/
Octivio620/
Akhtieva5737/
Gadsteve571/
Atcthebe571/
Oktiva5068/
Oktivi5015/
Aktiwi502/
Oktave502/
Aktibi501/
Aktiba501/
Aktebe501/
Octavé501/

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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 Active
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis