Happiness Surname

195,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Happiness Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Happiness Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,2431:142,5129,117
Cameroon5971:34,7894,684
Kenya2351:196,51014,435
Uganda591:661,68333,952
Botswana41:546,73222,624
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Happiness (314,989) may also be a first name.

Happiness Last Name Facts

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

The last name Happiness has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Happiness? popularity and diffusion

The last name Happiness is the 195,594th most numerous family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 3,397,457 people. The last name Happiness occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Happiness live; 58 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,323rd most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 314,989 people.

The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,243 people, or 1 in 142,512. In Nigeria Happiness is most frequent in: Rivers, where 20 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 11 percent are found and Lagos, where 9 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 28 percent are found and Kenya, where 11 percent are found.

Happiness Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Happiness
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