Currency Surname

1,391,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 157 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Currency Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Currency Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1071:1,655,54061,311
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines261:4,333560
Trinidad and Tobago191:71,7885,445
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Guyana11:762,22114,420
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Currency (283) may also be a first name.

Currency Last Name Facts

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

The surname Currency is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Currency? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,391,595th most common last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 46,417,490 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 69 percent of Currency live; 68 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 526,385th most frequent given name globally, borne by 283 people.

This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 107 people, or 1 in 1,655,540. In Nigeria Currency is primarily found in: Delta, where 69 percent reside, Lagos, where 11 percent reside and Rivers, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, where 17 percent reside and Trinidad and Tobago, where 12 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Currence882,009/
Currens80895/
Curuncy809/
Creancy805/
Crenicy802/
Curence800/
Currance7522/
Corrence754/
Courancy752/
Currince751/
Gurrence751/
Curience751/
Caurence751/
Carrence750/
Guerency750/
Curens7144/
Crenci7138/
Courrance7124/
Crence7119/
Krency719/
Crancy714/
Grency711/
Crincy711/
Kurenchyi711/
Currns710/
Crensy710/
Carncy710/
Currans67351/
Carrens6793/
Carence6773/
Creance6748/
Currins6746/
Carenys6737/
Crencea6732/
Correnz6725/
Correns6718/
Corancy6712/
Curanzy678/
Carenci676/
Currnes674/
Gorency674/
Curunci673/
Chrincy673/
Crancey672/
Creonce672/
Chroncy671/
Crenoci671/
Curanci671/
Curenza671/
Krencey671/
Karency671/
Currons671/
Gurnscy671/
Gurensy671/
Cranscy671/
Carnecy671/
Curranz670/
Curwens670/
Curance670/
Crenice670/
Gurrens670/
Corence670/

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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
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  • 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 Currency
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