Except Surname
Approximately 530 people bear this surname
Except Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 524 | 1:146,532 | 12,947 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Except Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Except Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Except is most common in Iran. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Except? popularity and diffusion
The surname Except is the 589,215th most common last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,750,087 people. Except is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of Except reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 99 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.
It is most common in Iran, where it is carried by 524 people, or 1 in 146,532. In Iran it is primarily concentrated in: Tehran Province, where 36 percent live, Semnan Province, where 27 percent live and Zanjan Province, where 14 percent live. Barring Iran this last name occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
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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 Except
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