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) occurs in Malawi more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Answer.

How Common Is The Last Name Answer? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 846,108th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 22,492,426 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 58 percent of Answer reside; 33 percent reside in Southern Africa and 33 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 243,209th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 1,079 people.

Answer is most frequently used in Malawi, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 163,039. Besides Malawi it occurs in 14 countries. It is also found 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 over time. In England the number of people carrying the Answer last name grew 517 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Answer Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily 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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