Promise Surname
Approximately 11,050 people bear this surname
Promise Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6,092 | 1:29,078 | 2,455 |
| Cambodia | 3,998 | 1:3,874 | 629 |
| Ghana | 623 | 1:43,372 | 4,874 |
| Cameroon | 184 | 1:112,875 | 13,089 |
| Uganda | 94 | 1:415,311 | 25,587 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Malawi | 4 | 1:4,279,777 | 24,060 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1:178,781 | 3,800 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
Promise (165,159) may also be a first name.
Promise Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Promise Come From? nationality or country of origin
Promise (Arabic: بروميس, Oriya: େପାମିଶ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Promise click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Promise? popularity and diffusion
The surname Promise is the 46,890th most frequently held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 659,506 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 64 percent of Promise reside; 61 percent reside in West Africa and 61 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Promise is also the 6,372nd most widespread forename throughout the world, held by 165,159 people.
The last name Promise is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 6,092 people, or 1 in 29,078. In Nigeria Promise is most numerous in: Rivers, where 47 percent live, Bayelsa, where 14 percent live and Abia, where 11 percent live. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 19 countries. It is also common in Cambodia, where 36 percent live and Ghana, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Promised | 93 | 44 | / |
| Promisee | 93 | 9 | / |
| Prromise | 93 | 6 | / |
| Promisse | 93 | 5 | / |
| Promises | 93 | 2 | / |
| Proumise | 93 | 1 | / |
| Promis | 92 | 314 | / |
| Promies | 86 | 49 | / |
| Promish | 86 | 28 | / |
| Premise | 86 | 24 | / |
| Pramise | 86 | 10 | / |
| Promice | 86 | 5 | / |
| Promjse | 86 | 4 | / |
| Promiss | 86 | 4 | / |
| Promese | 86 | 3 | / |
| Promisa | 86 | 2 | / |
| Promisi | 86 | 2 | / |
| Promios | 86 | 1 | / |
| Promeis | 86 | 1 | / |
| Promixe | 86 | 1 | / |
| Promize | 86 | 1 | / |
| Promase | 86 | 0 | / |
| Promesse | 80 | 256 | / |
| Prommase | 80 | 4 | / |
| Prommese | 80 | 2 | / |
| Promasee | 80 | 1 | / |
| Promiced | 80 | 1 | / |
| Premisea | 80 | 1 | / |
| Promes | 77 | 378 | / |
| Pramis | 77 | 213 | / |
| Promix | 77 | 12 | / |
| Promex | 77 | 7 | / |
| Promeß | 77 | 3 | / |
| Promez | 77 | 2 | / |
| Phrommisa | 75 | 106 | / |
| Promhouse | 75 | 53 | / |
| Phrommisi | 75 | 5 | / |
| Prommasee | 75 | 2 | / |
| Promisova | 75 | 1 | / |
| Promyos | 71 | 60 | / |
| Prommes | 71 | 25 | / |
| Promesh | 71 | 22 | / |
| Promesa | 71 | 8 | / |
| Promess | 71 | 7 | / |
| Phromes | 71 | 5 | / |
| Pramisa | 71 | 3 | / |
| Promeus | 71 | 1 | / |
| Premisi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pramisi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Premese | 71 | 1 | / |
| Pramish | 71 | 1 | / |
| Promessi | 67 | 33 | / |
| Promessa | 67 | 31 | / |
| Prommest | 67 | 4 | / |
| Phromyos | 67 | 3 | / |
| Promijit | 67 | 2 | / |
| Prommesa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Prommech | 67 | 1 | / |
| Prumeshe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pramaits | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pramisht | 67 | 1 | / |
| Promousa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Promezss | 67 | 1 | / |
| Premuzie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Pramisha | 67 | 1 | / |
Promise Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Promise in the Oriya language | ||
| େପାମିଶ | epamisa | - |
| Promise in the Arabic language | ||
| بروميس | brwmys | - |
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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 Promise
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