Anansi Surname
Approximately 49 people bear this surname
Anansi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 24 | 1:2,943,264 | 289,518 |
| Ivory Coast | 21 | 1:1,098,630 | 25,989 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Anansi (113) may also be a first name.
Anansi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anansi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Anansi (Hindi: अणंसी, Marathi: आनंदी, Russian: Ананси) is carried by more people in Thailand than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Anansi.
How Common Is The Last Name Anansi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Anansi is the 2,776,799th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 148,725,427 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 49 percent of Anansi reside; 49 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 49 percent reside in Tai-Asia. It is also the 881,625th most frequently occurring first name world-wide It is held by 113 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Thailand, where it is carried by 24 people, or 1 in 2,943,264. In Thailand it is mostly concentrated in: Nonthaburi Province, where 79 percent live, Chiang Mai Province, where 17 percent live and Surat Thani Province, where 4 percent live. Excluding Thailand this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 43 percent live and Nigeria, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Anansi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Anansi in the Marathi language | ||
| आनंदी | anandi | - |
| Anansi in the Hindi language | ||
| अणंसी | anansi | 62.5 |
| अण्ंसी | annsi | 25 |
| अणन्सी | anansi | 12.5 |
| Anansi in the Russian language | ||
| Ананси | anansi | - |
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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 Anansi
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