Alaitan Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Alaitan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 23 | 1:449,374 | 31,324 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
The alternate forms: Alaïtan (7) & Alaîtan (5) are calculated separately.
Alaitan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alaitan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alaitan is borne by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Alaïtan or Alaîtan. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alaitan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,432,070th most commonly used surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Alaitan reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 449,374. In Benin Alaitan is primarily concentrated in: Atlantique Department, where 96 percent live and Littoral Department, where 4 percent live. Besides Benin this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 27 percent live and Jordan, where 3 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 Alaitan
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