Hanssan Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Hanssan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Hanssan (234) may also be a first name.
Hanssan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Hanssan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Hanssan is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Hanssan? popularity and diffusion
Hanssan is the 3,274,477th most widely held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Hanssan are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Hanssan is also the 585,759th most widely held forename in the world, borne by 234 people.
Hanssan is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Sokoto, where 55 percent live, Zamfara, where 17 percent live and Lagos, where 7 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 8 percent live and Malaysia, where 6 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 Hanssan
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