Attenbrough Surname

6,063,924th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 10 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Attenbrough Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Attenbrough Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England41:13,929,515290,718
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England191:1,282,91446,315

Attenbrough Last Name Facts

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

The surname Attenbrough occurs more in England more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Attenbrough? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 6,063,924th most commonly held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. Attenbrough is mostly found in Asia, where 50 percent of Attenbrough reside; 40 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 40 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia.

The last name Attenbrough is most frequent in England, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 13,929,515. In England Attenbrough is primarily concentrated in: Nottinghamshire, where 75 percent live and Greater London, where 25 percent live. Apart from England it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 40 percent live and Australia, where 10 percent live.

Attenbrough Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Attenbrough has changed over time. In England the number of people carrying the Attenbrough surname declined 79 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hanbrough801/
Ambrough741/
Hambrough7021/
Ootenbrug7010/
Hanbraugh700/
Oostenbrug67358/
Oosenbrugh6724/
Anbrokh675/
Anbrukh674/
Ottenbrock672/

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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 Attenbrough
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