Answer Surname

846,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 324 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malawi
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Answer Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Answer Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malawi1051:163,03916,499
Nigeria731:2,426,61380,686
Jamaica641:44,8432,739
England621:898,67846,462
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
Iran31:25,594,175224,183
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Costa Rica11:4,780,06913,345
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland51:885,97323,404
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England121:2,031,28160,933

Answer (1,079) may also be a first name.

Answer Last Name Facts

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

Answer (Bengali: আনসার, Oriya: ଆନସାର) is most common in Malawi. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Answer? popularity and diffusion

The last name Answer is the 846,108th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 22,492,426 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 58 percent of Answer reside; 33 percent reside in Southern Africa and 33 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. Answer is also the 243,209th most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 1,079 people.

The surname Answer is most commonly used in Malawi, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Without taking into account Malawi this last name exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 23 percent are found and Jamaica, where 20 percent are found.

Answer Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Answer has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Answer surname grew 517 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Answer Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ganswer921/
Answerth8659/
Ansver8312/
Ansuer834/
Answir831/
Ainswerth800/
Anzwere771/
Hansber771/
Gansuer771/
Hanswirt711/
Hamswert710/
Hanswirth677/
Ainswirth670/
Onsber670/
Anjuere62124/
Anzouer625/
Hanxber622/
Anjouer621/
Ansuire621/
Anchver621/
Hansbir621/
Anjuerre571/
Amswirth570/
Onswirth570/
Heinsberh535/

Answer Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Answer in the Bengali language
আনসারanasara-
Answer in the Oriya language
ଆନସାରanasara-

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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 Answer
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