Ananiah Surname

2,237,939th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zimbabwe
Highest density in:
Zimbabwe

Ananiah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ananiah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zimbabwe181:857,68057,134
Tanzania171:3,114,21350,054
Indonesia161:8,265,575327,276
Nigeria161:11,071,422210,388
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Ananiah (365) may also be a first name.

Ananiah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ananiah occurs in Zimbabwe more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ananiah? popularity and diffusion

Ananiah is the 2,237,939th most commonly occurring surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The surname Ananiah is mostly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Ananiah reside; 26 percent reside in Southern Africa and 26 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 455,540th most frequently occurring given name at a global level It is held by 365 people.

The surname is most widespread in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 18 people, or 1 in 857,680. In Zimbabwe Ananiah is primarily found in: Mashonaland West Province, where 94 percent live and Midlands Province, where 6 percent live. Beside Zimbabwe this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 24 percent live and Indonesia, where 22 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
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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 Ananiah
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