Anukan Surname

1,385,851st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 158 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Thailand

Anukan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Anukan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1091:1,625,16360,488
Thailand471:1,502,944203,155
Taiwan21:11,722,37363,559

Anukan (85) may also be a first name.

Anukan Last Name Facts

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

Anukan is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Anukan.

How Common Is The Last Name Anukan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,385,851st most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 46,123,708 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 69 percent of Anukan reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 69 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Anukan is also the 1,039,322nd most widespread given name worldwide It is held by 85 people.

It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 109 people, or 1 in 1,625,163. In Nigeria Anukan is primarily found in: Akwa Ibom, where 78 percent live, Lagos, where 14 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 5 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Thailand, where 30 percent live and Taiwan, where 1 percent live.

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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 Anukan
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