Anans Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Anans Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Anans Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria231:7,701,859170,290
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Anans (110) may also be a first name.

Anans Last Name Facts

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

The last name Anans (Hindi: अनंस, Marathi: आनंद, Russian: Ананс) occurs most in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Anans.

How Common Is The Last Name Anans? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 3,602,217th most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 242,918,197 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Anans are found; 77 percent are found in West Africa and 77 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Anans is also the 895,203rd most commonly held given name world-wide, borne by 110 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 7,701,859. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Gombe, where 48 percent live, Zamfara, where 22 percent live and Kogi, where 17 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 10 percent live and Canada, where 7 percent live.

Anans Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Anans has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Agnans9143/
Hanans9125/
Ananse9113/
Ainans911/
Angans911/
Eanans910/
Ananns910/
Hannans83128/
Ganansh8314/
Anansce835/
Amnanse834/
Annanse832/
Ananshe831/
Aynanse831/
Anacins831/
Ganhans831/
Annanns830/
Hamnans830/
Hangans830/
Anams80143/
Enans8045/
Onans8012/
Anons801/
Ainanshe772,827/
Aynanshe77387/
Anaanshe774/
Anatinse773/
Hannahns771/
Annasens771/
Ananze73106/
Anonse7323/
Annams739/
Annons737/
Ennans734/
Hanons734/
Anance734/
Anamst733/
Anamss733/
Anamsj732/
Henans732/
Amnons732/
Anganz731/
Anamse731/
Eneans731/
Ounans731/
Gonans731/
Angons730/
Hanams730/
Ganons730/
Honans730/
Ainaanshe719/
Aynaanshe714/
Hanhams6751/
Annance6728/
Hannams6722/
Hannons6711/
O'Neans678/
Gannons674/
Anosins672/
Goonans671/
Aïnonse671/
Asnance671/
Agnanze671/
Agnance671/
O'Nains671/
Gainons671/
Hananze671/
Gounans671/
Einanse671/
Amnanze671/
Aynanje671/
Onnanse671/
Hannãss671/
Gangons671/
Hennans670/
Hamnons670/
Hanonse670/
Homnans670/

Anans Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Anans in the Hindi language
अनंसanansa-
Anans in the Marathi language
आनंदananda-
Anans in the Russian language
Анансanans-

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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 Anans
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