Arere Surname
Approximately 338 people bear this surname
Arere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 163 | 1:50,023 | 6,268 |
| Nigeria | 119 | 1:1,488,595 | 56,907 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Cook Islands | 11 | 1:1,653 | 423 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Arerê (1) are calculated separately.
Arere (204) may also be a first name.
Arere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Arere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Arere occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Arerê. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Arere? popularity and diffusion
It is the 821,713th most common last name in the world, held by around 1 in 21,560,787 people. Arere occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 52 percent of Arere reside; 52 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 48 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 633,892nd most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 204 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 163 people, or 1 in 50,023. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily concentrated in: Central, where 64 percent live, Enga, where 13 percent live and East New Britain, where 6 percent live. Excluding Papua New Guinea Arere exists in 17 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 35 percent live and Cameroon, where 5 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
- 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 Arere
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