Atagana Surname

386,702nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 918 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Atagana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Atagana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8401:210,88412,537
Cameroon291:716,17551,453
England181:3,095,448105,421
Papua New Guinea121:679,47678,554
South Africa111:4,925,246143,631
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
France11:66,422,722504,397
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049

Atagana (31) may also be a first name.

Atagana Last Name Facts

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

The surname Atagana is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Atagana? popularity and diffusion

Atagana is the 386,702nd most frequently used surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 7,938,503 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Atagana reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most common first name on earth, borne by 31 people.

The surname Atagana is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 840 people, or 1 in 210,884. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Delta, where 63 percent reside, Edo, where 16 percent reside and Lagos, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 3 percent reside and England, where 2 percent reside.

Atagana Last Name Statistics demography

Atagana earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 111.3% more than the national average, earning R 502,140 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Search for Another Surname

The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data

By signing up to the mailing list you will only receive emails specifically about name reference on Forebears and your information will not be distributed to 3rd parties.

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 Atagana
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis