Evidence Surname

1,581,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Evidence Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Evidence Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1251:1,417,14254,922
Uganda21:19,519,640189,114
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Evidence (9,459) may also be a first name.

Evidence Last Name Facts

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

The last name Evidence is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Evidence? popularity and diffusion

Evidence is the 1,581,912th most common family name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 56,492,604 people. The surname Evidence is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Evidence are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Evidence is also the 63,602nd most numerous forename globally, held by 9,459 people.

The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 125 people, or 1 in 1,417,142. In Nigeria Evidence is primarily concentrated in: Delta, where 38 percent reside, Edo, where 14 percent reside and Rivers, where 13 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent reside and Botswana, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Evidance8810/
Evedence881/
Avidence881/
Evedenci7523/
Evedance751/

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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 Evidence
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