Anythony Surname

5,057,639th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 15 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Anythony Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Anythony Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Anythony (50) may also be a first name.

Anythony Last Name Facts

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

Anythony occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Anythony? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 5,057,639th most frequent family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 80 percent of Anythony are found; 73 percent are found in West Africa and 73 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Anythony is also the 1,412,538th most widespread first name at a global level, held by 50 people.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria Anythony is mostly found in: Kaduna, where 73 percent reside, Abia, where 9 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 9 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 20 percent reside and Cameroon, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Anithony889/
Anitony802/
Anjtony801/
Anitoni6740/
Anetone6719/
Anetoni671/
Anitone671/
Anettoni632/
Anistone631/
Anitonio631/
Anetouni631/
Annettoni5911/
Annettone591/
Anestoine591/
Anettoine590/
Anetani53198/
Anetana5354/
Anetane5322/
Hanetani50340/
Anitaani501/
Hanitani501/
Annitane501/
Eanetani501/
Anjtónio501/

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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 Anythony
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