Longnan Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Longnan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Longnan (6,580) may also be a first name.
Longnan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Longnan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Longnan occurs most in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Longnan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Longnan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Longnan is the 3,055,934th most prevalent last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Longnan live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Longnan is also the 80,755th most frequent first name globally, borne by 6,580 people.
The last name Longnan is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 5,061,222. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Plateau, where 80 percent live, Akwa Ibom, where 17 percent live and Sokoto, where 3 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Longnan is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Brazil, where 5 percent live and Cameroon, where 5 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 Longnan
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