Increase Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Increase Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Increase (310) may also be a first name.
Increase Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Increase Come From? nationality or country of origin
Increase is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Increase? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,532,898th most widely held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Increase occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Increase are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Increase is also the 499,178th most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 310 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria Increase is mostly found in: Abia, where 35 percent live, Lagos, where 18 percent live and Ogun, where 18 percent live. Not including Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Incrisse | 75 | 3 | / |
| Incrojas | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ingres | 71 | 104 | / |
| Ingras | 71 | 4 | / |
| Incris | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ancras | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ingreso | 67 | 522 | / |
| Ancares | 67 | 114 | / |
| Ingresa | 67 | 72 | / |
| Ancores | 67 | 15 | / |
| Ingress | 67 | 12 | / |
| Ingreus | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ingreis | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ingrass | 67 | 2 | / |
| Incorsi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ancries | 67 | 1 | / |
| Encreso | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ingrise | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ingreaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ingrews | 67 | 0 | / |
| Incrist | 67 | 0 | / |
| Eincracht | 59 | 1 | / |
| Encraci | 53 | 2 | / |
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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 Increase
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis