Primary Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Primary Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 17 | 1:3,186,924 | 115,449 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Primary (76) may also be a first name.
Primary Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Primary Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Primary is held by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Primary? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,532,898th most commonly occurring last name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Primary occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Primary reside; 95 percent reside in Southern Africa and 95 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,107,702nd most widely held first name world-wide, borne by 76 people.
This last name is most frequently held in South Africa, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 3,186,924. In South Africa it is mostly concentrated in: Eastern Cape, where 94 percent are found and Mpumalanga, where 6 percent are found. Barring South Africa this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 5 percent are found and Zimbabwe, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primara | 86 | 27 | / |
| Primari | 86 | 9 | / |
| Primare | 86 | 2 | / |
| Primery | 86 | 2 | / |
| Prymary | 86 | 1 | / |
| Primario | 80 | 68 | / |
| Primaire | 80 | 19 | / |
| Primasri | 80 | 1 | / |
| Primaroj | 80 | 1 | / |
| Primahari | 75 | 11 | / |
| Primore | 71 | 56 | / |
| Premara | 71 | 46 | / |
| Primeri | 71 | 38 | / |
| Premari | 71 | 12 | / |
| Premare | 71 | 4 | / |
| Premery | 71 | 2 | / |
| Primere | 71 | 2 | / |
| Prumare | 71 | 1 | / |
| Primora | 71 | 1 | / |
| Prémare | 71 | 1 | / |
| Primeré | 71 | 1 | / |
| Primêre | 71 | 1 | / |
| Premaraj | 67 | 188 | / |
| Primeira | 67 | 8 | / |
| Primorio | 67 | 7 | / |
| Premasri | 67 | 6 | / |
| Premario | 67 | 6 | / |
| Premaroj | 67 | 2 | / |
| Prismore | 67 | 2 | / |
| Priomore | 67 | 2 | / |
| Premaree | 67 | 1 | / |
| Premarie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Premarit | 67 | 1 | / |
| Premasre | 67 | 1 | / |
| Premgari | 67 | 1 | / |
| Primores | 67 | 1 | / |
| Primário | 67 | 1 | / |
| Primorich | 63 | 10 | / |
| Primorets | 63 | 8 | / |
| Premaraja | 63 | 2 | / |
| Presmares | 63 | 1 | / |
| Prehmaraja | 59 | 1 | / |
| Premore | 57 | 49 | / |
| Prumere | 57 | 13 | / |
| Premora | 57 | 1 | / |
| Premere | 57 | 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 Primary
- 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