Phenson Surname

1,409,418th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 154 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Phenson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Phenson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1521:1,165,41347,471
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Phenson (41) may also be a first name.

Phenson Last Name Facts

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

Phenson is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Phenson? popularity and diffusion

The last name Phenson is the 1,409,418th most frequently held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 47,321,727 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Phenson reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 41 people.

It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 152 people, or 1 in 1,165,413. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 82 percent are found, Federal Capital Territory, where 14 percent are found and Abia, where 1 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Phenson
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