Ananse Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Ananse Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ananse Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ananse Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ananse is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ananse? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,391,485th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Ananse are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Ghana, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 3,002,299. Other than Ghana Ananse is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 23 percent live and The United States, where 8 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
- 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 Ananse
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