Confess Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Confess Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Confess Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Confess (34) may also be a first name.

Confess Last Name Facts

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

The last name Confess is more commonly found in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Confess? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently held family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 75 percent of Confess live; 50 percent live in East Africa and 50 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Confess is also the 1,775,424th most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 34 people.

This last name is most frequent in Tanzania, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 13,235,403. In Tanzania it is most common in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania it exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 13 percent are found and Nigeria, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Confes921/
Confiss8610/
Confest861/
Confe83150/
Confer774,411/
Canfes77118/
Confed773/
Confis771/
Confex771/
Jonfes771/
Confie771/
Conffe770/
Confey770/
Confais71820/
Coonfer7182/
Confoey7132/
Confehr7119/
Khonfes719/
Connfer712/
Counfer711/
Comfeis710/
Konfe6724,983/
Confeggi67262/
Confa675/
Confaits673/
Confi673/
Confé672/
Comfe671/
Confè671/
Confy671/
Connphes670/

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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
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  • 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 Confess
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