Location Surname
Approximately 140 people bear this surname
Location Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 95 | 1:570,292 | 44,274 |
| Iran | 43 | 1:1,785,640 | 66,464 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Location (281) may also be a first name.
Location Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Location Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Location occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Location click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Location? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,497,948th most numerous last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 52,053,899 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 69 percent of Location live; 69 percent live in Southern Africa and 69 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 528,876th most frequently held given name internationally. It is borne by 281 people.
It is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 570,292. In South Africa Location is primarily concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 55 percent reside, KwaZulu-Natal, where 23 percent reside and Limpopo, where 16 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 31 percent reside and Kenya, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Locatin | 93 | 132 | / |
| Lacatin | 80 | 1 | / |
| Locaitienė | 78 | 5 | / |
| Lyokatin | 75 | 7 | / |
| Lokatina | 75 | 1 | / |
| Lacattina | 71 | 1 | / |
| Lokotin | 67 | 16 | / |
| Lokatinova | 67 | 11 | / |
| Lakotin | 67 | 11 | / |
| Lakatin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Loetsathian | 63 | 221 | / |
| Lakatina | 63 | 11 | / |
| Lakotina | 63 | 8 | / |
| Lokotina | 63 | 7 | / |
| Lokostin | 63 | 1 | / |
| Liakotin | 63 | 1 | / |
| Lakhatin | 63 | 1 | / |
| Lakastin | 63 | 1 | / |
| Liokaitienė | 63 | 1 | / |
| Lakhotin | 63 | 1 | / |
| Liuokaitienė | 60 | 1 | / |
| Liaqatian | 59 | 7 | / |
| Lokotiang | 59 | 2 | / |
| Laucasten | 59 | 1 | / |
| Lakhotina | 59 | 1 | / |
| Lokotinova | 56 | 30 | / |
| Loetsatyan | 56 | 11 | / |
| Lokotyn | 53 | 3 | / |
| Lakaten | 53 | 3 | / |
| Lakotim | 53 | 2 | / |
| Laukaitiėnė | 53 | 1 | / |
| Lakhotyn | 50 | 2 | / |
| Lokotyan | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Location
- 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