Enest Surname
Approximately 792 people bear this surname
Enest Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 634 | 1:279,405 | 15,802 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Solomon Islands | 3 | 1:193,343 | 19,495 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 50 | 1:1,004,374 | 59,252 |
Enest (6,093) may also be a first name.
Enest Demographics
Enest Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Enest Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Enest Come From? nationality or country of origin
Enest (Russian: Энест) is most common in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Enest? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 434,076th most commonly held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 9,201,447 people. Enest occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Enest reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 80 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Enest is also the 84,818th most frequently used given name worldwide, borne by 6,093 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 634 people, or 1 in 279,405. In Nigeria Enest is mostly concentrated in: Taraba, where 24 percent reside, Rivers, where 12 percent reside and Anambra, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Malawi, where 13 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside.
Enest Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Enest has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Enest last name fell 96 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Enest Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Enest surname is principally Christian (93%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Enest Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Enest in the Russian language | ||
| Энест | enest | - |
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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 Enest
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