Erikitan Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Erikitan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 28 | 1:369,129 | 27,947 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Erikitan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Erikitan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Erikitan is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Erikitan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,665,662nd most frequently held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Erikitan are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Benin, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 369,129. In Benin Erikitan is primarily concentrated in: Plateau Department, where 57 percent are found, Ouémé Department, where 25 percent are found and Littoral Department, where 18 percent are found. Not including Benin this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orikitan | 88 | 1 | / |
| Orekitan | 75 | 38 | / |
| Harikutan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Arikitoun | 71 | 1 | / |
| Arikuttan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Orukoitan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Harikuttan | 67 | 23 | / |
| Harikkuttan | 63 | 11 | / |
| Orukutan | 63 | 7 | / |
| Harickuttan | 63 | 1 | / |
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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 Erikitan
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