Ayisan Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Ayisan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
The alternate forms: Ayişan (86) are calculated separately.
Ayisan (8) may also be a first name.
Ayisan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ayisan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ayisan is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Ayişan. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayisan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ayisan is the 7,117,718th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Ayisan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ayisan live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 4,213,784th most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 8 people.
The surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Ayisan is most numerous in: Osun, where 100 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Ayisan exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 29 percent live and Ethiopia, where 14 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 Ayisan
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