Andason Surname

193,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,170 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Andason Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Andason Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania1,8721:28,2813,393
Malawi1831:93,54711,397
Nigeria741:2,393,82179,921
Philippines331:3,067,825142,207
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England21:12,187,685173,419
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Andason (2,953) may also be a first name.

Andason Last Name Facts

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

Andason occurs most in Tanzania. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Andason? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 193,751st most prevalent family name globally, borne by around 1 in 3,358,316 people. The surname Andason occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Andason reside; 86 percent reside in East Africa and 86 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 133,406th most frequently held first name worldwide It is held by 2,953 people.

The surname is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is held by 1,872 people, or 1 in 28,281. In Tanzania it is most common in: Kigoma Region, where 29 percent reside, Mbeya Region, where 21 percent reside and Morogoro Region, where 15 percent reside. Other than Tanzania this surname occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Malawi, where 8 percent reside and Nigeria, where 3 percent reside.

Andason Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Andason has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Andason last name decreased 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.

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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 Andason
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