Civilian Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Civilian Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Civilian Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013

Civilian (69) may also be a first name.

Civilian Last Name Facts

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

The last name Civilian is most common in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Civilian? popularity and diffusion

Civilian is the 8,193,072nd most commonly held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. Civilian is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Civilian are found; 40 percent are found in West Africa and 40 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Civilian is also the 1,171,416th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 69 people.

This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 88,571,379. In Nigeria Civilian is mostly concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 50 percent are found and Taraba, where 50 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 20 percent are found and Sudan, where 20 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 Civilian
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