Alanana Surname

590,101st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 529 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Alanana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alanana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4761:372,14919,844
Tanzania521:1,018,10845,504
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

Alanana (204) may also be a first name.

Alanana Last Name Facts

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

The last name Alanana (Russian: Аланана) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Alanana? popularity and diffusion

The surname Alanana is the 590,101st most prevalent last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 13,776,079 people. Alanana occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Alanana live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Alanana is also the 633,892nd most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 204 people.

The last name Alanana is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 476 people, or 1 in 372,149. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Nasarawa, where 66 percent are found, Benue, where 15 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 8 percent are found. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 10 percent are found and The Philippines, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Alanana Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Alanana in the Russian language
Алананаalanana-

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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
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  • 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 Alanana
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