Anointing Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Anointing Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Anointing (272) may also be a first name.
Anointing Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anointing Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Anointing is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Anointing? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,532,898th most commonly used last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Anointing live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 538,995th most frequently used forename throughout the world. It is borne by 272 people.
Anointing is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 18 people, or 1 in 9,841,264. In Nigeria it is most common in: Akwa Ibom, where 22 percent are found, Abia, where 17 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 17 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Brazil, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annointing | 95 | 10 | / |
| Anointng | 94 | 5 | / |
| Anointin | 94 | 1 | / |
| Anginting | 89 | 1 | / |
| Anointen | 82 | 1 | / |
| Enyienting | 74 | 6 | / |
| Anantina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hounontin | 67 | 29 | / |
| Gounontin | 67 | 7 | / |
| Angentina | 67 | 2 | / |
| Anantn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hounnontin | 63 | 103 | / |
| Gounnontin | 63 | 6 | / |
| Hayneantin | 63 | 1 | / |
| Ananthen | 59 | 2 | / |
| Agnontem | 59 | 1 | / |
| Honantin | 59 | 1 | / |
| Hounantin | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Anointing
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