Phenias Surname
Approximately 212 people bear this surname
Phenias Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 100 | 1:529,416 | 34,350 |
| Zimbabwe | 66 | 1:233,913 | 25,760 |
| Nigeria | 25 | 1:7,085,710 | 162,099 |
| Rwanda | 9 | 1:1,262,775 | 2,632 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Phenias (1,921) may also be a first name.
Phenias Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Phenias Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Phenias is found most frequently in Tanzania. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Phenias? popularity and diffusion
The surname Phenias is the 1,136,896th most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,375,217 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Phenias live; 51 percent live in East Africa and 51 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Phenias is also the 173,221st most commonly occurring given name throughout the world It is held by 1,921 people.
The surname is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is held by 100 people, or 1 in 529,416. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Kagera Region, where 94 percent live, Mwanza Region, where 4 percent live and Katavi Region, where 1 percent live. Aside from Tanzania Phenias is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Zimbabwe, where 31 percent live and Nigeria, where 12 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 Phenias
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