Arenan Surname

3,017,195th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 42 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Arenan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Arenan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria331:5,367,962136,856
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Arenan (16) may also be a first name.

Arenan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Arenan is most common in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Arenan? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,017,195th most numerous last name globally, borne by around 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname Arenan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Arenan are found; 79 percent are found in West Africa and 79 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Arenan is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 16 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 33 people, or 1 in 5,367,962. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Edo, where 94 percent live, Benue, where 3 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 12 percent live and Brazil, where 2 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 Arenan
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