Ayitan Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Ayitan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Ayitan (17) may also be a first name.
Ayitan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ayitan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ayitan is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ayitan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ayitan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ayitan is the 4,034,050th most common surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Ayitan is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ayitan live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ayitan is also the 2,694,839th most frequent first name internationally, borne by 17 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Taraba, where 76 percent are found, Lagos, where 19 percent are found and Edo, where 5 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 4 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 4 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 Ayitan
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