Remain Surname
Approximately 302 people bear this surname
Remain Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 252 | 1:304,693 | 21,462 |
| Burkina Faso | 47 | 1:390,470 | 6,130 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Remain (73) may also be a first name.
Remain Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Remain Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Remain has its highest incidence in Iran. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Remain? popularity and diffusion
The surname Remain is the 889,654th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 24,130,947 people. The surname Remain is predominantly found in Asia, where 83 percent of Remain are found; 83 percent are found in South Asia and 83 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Remain is also the 1,134,117th most prevalent first name at a global level. It is borne by 73 people.
The surname Remain is most commonly held in Iran, where it is borne by 252 people, or 1 in 304,693. In Iran it is mostly concentrated in: Isfahan Province, where 64 percent are found, Tehran Province, where 14 percent are found and Fars Province, where 10 percent are found. Excluding Iran it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Burkina Faso, where 16 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, 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
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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 Remain
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