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
The surname Promise (Arabic: بروميس, Oriya: େପାମିଶ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Promise? popularity and diffusion
Promise is the 46,890th most commonly occurring surname at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 659,506 people. The surname Promise is predominantly found 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 common first name on earth. It is borne by 165,159 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6,092 people, or 1 in 29,078. In Nigeria Promise is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 47 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 14 percent reside and Abia, where 11 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 19 countries. It is also found in Cambodia, where 36 percent reside and Ghana, where 6 percent reside.
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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