Commissioner Surname

1,041,601st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 241 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Botswana

Commissioner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Commissioner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2191:808,87136,014
Botswana171:128,64318,229
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110

Commissioner (219) may also be a first name.

Commissioner Last Name Facts

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

The last name Commissioner is most common in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Commissioner? popularity and diffusion

The last name Commissioner is the 1,041,601st most numerous family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 30,238,780 people. The surname Commissioner is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Commissioner live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 609,814th most frequent forename worldwide, borne by 219 people.

Commissioner is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 219 people, or 1 in 808,871. In Nigeria Commissioner is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 52 percent are found, Delta, where 17 percent are found and Ondo, where 9 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Commissioner is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Botswana, where 7 percent are found and India, where 2 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 Commissioner
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