Felicity Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Botswana

Felicity Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Felicity Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria291:6,108,371148,179
Botswana281:78,10513,263
Indonesia81:16,531,149488,268
Kenya61:7,696,65052,907
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Malawi11:17,119,10934,144
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States21:25,109,342694,541

Felicity (55,825) may also be a first name.

Felicity Last Name Facts

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

The surname Felicity (Arabic: فليسيتي, Hindi: फैलिसिटी) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Felicity.

How Common Is The Last Name Felicity? popularity and diffusion

The last name Felicity is the 1,994,173rd most commonly occurring family name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 82,813,022 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 73 percent of Felicity reside; 33 percent reside in Southern Africa and 33 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Felicity is also the 16,829th most commonly used first name at a global level, borne by 55,825 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria Felicity is most numerous in: Benue, where 38 percent reside, Rivers, where 17 percent reside and Kogi, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Botswana, where 32 percent reside and Indonesia, where 9 percent reside.

Felicity Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

Felicity Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Felicity in the Hindi language
फैलिसिटीphailisiti-
Felicity in the Arabic language
فليسيتيflysyty-

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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 Felicity
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