Essential Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Essential Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Essential Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran221:3,490,11599,764
Nigeria91:19,682,529291,344
Canada11:36,845,591464,108

Essential (77) may also be a first name.

Essential Last Name Facts

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

The surname Essential is carried by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Essential? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,485,539th most widespread family name on earth, held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname Essential occurs mostly in Asia, where 69 percent of Essential are found; 69 percent are found in South Asia and 69 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,100,117th most widespread first name throughout the world, held by 77 people.

The last name is most frequent in Iran, where it is carried by 22 people, or 1 in 3,490,115. In Iran Essential is mostly concentrated in: East Azerbaijan Province, where 73 percent live and Tehran Province, where 27 percent live. Other than Iran this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 28 percent live and Canada, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ascential781/
Gential75249/
Genthial71131/
Intial673/
Gentyal63142/
Intihal6357/
Genthyal591/
Imtial531/
Jintiol501/
Imtihal501/

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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 Essential
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