Primate Surname

3,798,600th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 27 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Primate Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Primate Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
Mexico51:24,825,24158,251
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
France11:66,422,722504,397
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

Primate (15) may also be a first name.

Primate Last Name Facts

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

Primate is most common in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Primate? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,798,600th most widespread last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 37 percent of Primate are found; 30 percent are found in West Africa and 30 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 15 people.

The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ogun, where 38 percent are found, Oyo, where 38 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 13 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Mexico, where 19 percent are found and Argentina, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Preimate9314/
Primat92369/
Primata86198/
Primaut86178/
Premate86127/
Primete8633/
Primati8621/
Primatz862/
Praimat861/
Primite861/
Preimats809/
Primatti807/
Primasti806/
Primaita805/
Primatis805/
Phritmat804/
Primatay801/
Prematte801/
Primotte800/
Primot77447/
Premat77428/
Primač7711/
Primasthi75132/
Primajati7578/
Primatova7557/
Primayati7527/
Primahati7516/
Primatych751/
Primout71163/
Primost7197/
Premati7146/
Prismayati7143/
Primaud7139/
Premite714/
Primota713/
Preemat711/
Premata711/
Premath711/
Primety711/
Prematta6773/
Phraimot678/
Premmati672/
Primetti671/
Preemath671/
Premathy671/

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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
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  • 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 Primate
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