Residents Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Residents Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Residents Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran111:6,980,229145,986
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Residents (13) may also be a first name.

Residents Last Name Facts

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

The last name Residents is carried by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Residents click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Residents? popularity and diffusion

Residents is the 4,908,606th most numerous surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. The last name Residents occurs mostly in Asia, where 69 percent of Residents are found; 69 percent are found in South Asia and 69 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Residents is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held forename internationally. It is borne by 13 people.

The last name Residents is most widespread in Iran, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 6,980,229. In Iran it is most frequent in: Mazandaran Province, where 100 percent reside. Not including Iran it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 25 percent reside and South Africa, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Resident94783/
Residente891/
Rezident8269/
Residenc8237/
Residnte821/
Resedent821/
Resedente7812/
Rezedent7174/
Rezydent7162/
Resedenz714/
Reseidnz711/
Rezedentová603/
Resedinz591/

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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 Residents
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