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
The surname Difference is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Difference click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Difference? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 846,108th most frequent surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 22,492,426 people. The last name is predominantly 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 prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 1,826 people.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 312 people, or 1 in 567,765. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 43 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 35 percent reside and Kaduna, where 12 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also found 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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