Alaanu Surname
Approximately 133 people bear this surname
Alaanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 131 | 1:1,352,235 | 53,045 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Alaanu (11) may also be a first name.
Alaanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alaanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Alaanu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alaanu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,551,568th most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 54,793,578 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Alaanu reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Alaanu is also the 3,487,849th most frequent first name internationally, held by 11 people.
Alaanu is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 1,352,235. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Osun, where 74 percent live, Oyo, where 15 percent live and Ekiti, where 5 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
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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 Alaanu
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