Scatter Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Scatter Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 7 | 1:3,482,196 | 89,582 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
Scatter (105) may also be a first name.
Scatter Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Scatter Come From? nationality or country of origin
Scatter is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Scatter? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,812,366th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. Scatter is mostly found in Africa, where 73 percent of Scatter reside; 64 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Scatter is also the 920,134th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 105 people.
Scatter is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Scatter is most numerous in: Kogi, where 67 percent live, Nasarawa, where 17 percent live and Zamfara, where 17 percent live. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 9 percent live and Belgium, where 9 percent live.
Scatter Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Scatter has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Scatter last name declined 89 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Scatter
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