Attairu Surname
Approximately 1,278 people bear this surname
Attairu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,277 | 1:138,718 | 8,934 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Attairu (671) may also be a first name.
Attairu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Attairu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Attairu is most common in Nigeria. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Attairu? popularity and diffusion
Attairu is the 298,032nd most prevalent surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 5,702,305 people. The surname Attairu is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Attairu live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 320,288th most widely held forename at a global level. It is borne by 671 people.
The surname Attairu is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,277 people, or 1 in 138,718. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Niger, where 29 percent live, Sokoto, where 18 percent live and Kwara, where 16 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 0 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 Attairu
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