Confidence Surname

231,164th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,749 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Confidence Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Confidence Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria6001:295,23816,552
Cameroon5991:34,6734,671
Ghana4851:55,7135,980
Iran441:1,745,05765,590
Uganda161:2,439,95572,451
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144

Confidence (96,672) may also be a first name.

Confidence Last Name Facts

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

Confidence is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Confidence? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 231,164th most numerous family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 4,166,693 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Confidence are found; 62 percent are found in West Africa and 62 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Confidence is also the 10,504th most common given name in the world, borne by 96,672 people.

It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 600 people, or 1 in 295,238. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Rivers, where 30 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 6 percent reside and Lagos, where 6 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it is found in 7 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 34 percent reside and Ghana, where 28 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Cnfidence9511/
Confidnce951/
Confidences951/
Comfidence9049/
Confidance903/
Confedence901/
Konfidence901/
Confidenza801/
Canevi Deniz551/

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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 Confidence
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