Alerara Surname

2,168,711th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 76 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Alerara Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Alerara Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria731:2,426,61380,686
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243

Alerara Last Name Facts

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

The last name Alerara is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Alerara.

How Common Is The Last Name Alerara? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,168,711th most widely held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 95,888,762 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Alerara live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 73 people, or 1 in 2,426,613. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Kogi, where 45 percent are found, Delta, where 37 percent are found and Lagos, where 8 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Scotland, where 3 percent are found and The Solomon Islands, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Alerara
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