Alest Surname
Approximately 9 people bear this surname
Alest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Alest (38) may also be a first name.
Alest Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alest Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alest is held by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Alest click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alest? popularity and diffusion
The surname Alest is the 6,360,413th most commonly held surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 809,727,324 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 44 percent of Alest live; 44 percent live in East Africa and 44 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,662,754th most frequently occurring first name in the world, borne by 38 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania Alest is most frequent in: Mbeya Region, where 100 percent reside. Besides Tanzania Alest exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 33 percent reside and Mexico, where 11 percent reside.
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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 Alest
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