Government Surname

146,299th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,031 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Government Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Government Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran2,1431:35,8294,234
Nigeria8021:220,87613,042
Zimbabwe531:291,28829,631
China111:124,301,9616,553
Uganda111:3,549,02589,142
Malawi41:4,279,77724,060
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Government (474) may also be a first name.

Government Last Name Facts

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

The surname Government (Russian: Говернмент) occurs more in Iran more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Government? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 146,299th most frequent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 2,404,337 people. The last name Government occurs mostly in Asia, where 71 percent of Government live; 71 percent live in South Asia and 71 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 390,891st most numerous first name on earth, borne by 474 people.

The surname Government is most widely held in Iran, where it is held by 2,143 people, or 1 in 35,829. In Iran Government is mostly found in: Tehran Province, where 19 percent live, Lorestan Province, where 14 percent live and Mazandaran Province, where 10 percent live. Aside from Iran Government occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 26 percent live and Zimbabwe, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Government Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Government in the Russian language
Говернментgovernment-

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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
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  • 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 Government
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