Ataan Surname
Approximately 37 people bear this surname
Ataan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ataan (40) may also be a first name.
Ataan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ataan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ataan is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ataan? popularity and diffusion
Ataan is the 3,228,735th most frequent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 92 percent of Ataan reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 40 people.
Ataan is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 5,535,711. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 3 percent are found and Iran, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Ataan
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