Difference Surname
Approximately 324 people bear this surname
Difference Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 312 | 1:567,765 | 27,529 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Difference (1,826) may also be a first name.
Difference Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Difference Come From? nationality or country of origin
Difference is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Difference? popularity and diffusion
It is the 846,108th most widely held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 22,492,426 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Difference are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Difference is also the 178,582nd most common first name at a global level, held by 1,826 people.
Difference is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 312 people, or 1 in 567,765. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 43 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 35 percent reside and Kaduna, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Difference is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 2 percent reside and Liberia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diffrence | 95 | 15 | / |
| Diference | 95 | 1 | / |
| Differenz | 84 | 99 | / |
| Deferennce | 80 | 1 | / |
| Difrance | 78 | 32 | / |
| Defrence | 78 | 5 | / |
| Diferenz | 78 | 3 | / |
| Diffrenz | 78 | 1 | / |
| de Frence | 74 | 13 | / |
| Deffrenes | 74 | 2 | / |
| De-Frence | 74 | 2 | / |
| di France | 74 | 1 | / |
| Deverence | 74 | 0 | / |
| Dfrance | 71 | 1 | / |
| Deffrennes | 70 | 616 | / |
| di Firenze | 70 | 3 | / |
| Defierenze | 70 | 1 | / |
| Defrance | 67 | 7,267 | / |
| Dufrense | 67 | 55 | / |
| Difrenza | 67 | 32 | / |
| Dufrenes | 67 | 17 | / |
| Defrenes | 67 | 13 | / |
| Dufrenez | 67 | 9 | / |
| Dufrance | 67 | 3 | / |
| Devrance | 67 | 1 | / |
| Défrance | 67 | 1 | / |
| Defrense | 67 | 1 | / |
| Dafrance | 67 | 1 | / |
| D France | 67 | 0 | / |
| Deferença | 63 | 1 | / |
| Defernns | 56 | 0 | / |
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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 Difference
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