Aniekan Surname

134,096th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,359 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Aniekan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Aniekan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3,3521:52,8474,040
England31:18,572,686338,250
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Aniekan (29,554) may also be a first name.

Aniekan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Aniekan is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Aniekan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Aniekan is the 134,096th most widely held surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,169,558 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Aniekan reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Aniekan is also the 28,202nd most frequently occurring forename at a global level It is held by 29,554 people.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 3,352 people, or 1 in 52,847. In Nigeria Aniekan is most frequent in: Akwa Ibom, where 43 percent reside, Rivers, where 16 percent reside and Cross River, where 14 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Aniekan occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in England, where 0 percent reside and Italy, where 0 percent reside.

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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 Aniekan
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