Seventeen Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Seventeen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 82 | 1:188,271 | 22,304 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Seventeen (173) may also be a first name.
Seventeen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seventeen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Seventeen is borne by more people in Zimbabwe than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Seventeen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,061,309th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. The last name Seventeen occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Seventeen are found; 99 percent are found in Southern Africa and 99 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Seventeen is also the 694,534th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 173 people.
It is most frequently held in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 188,271. In Zimbabwe Seventeen is most numerous in: Mashonaland Central Province, where 65 percent live, Masvingo Province, where 18 percent live and Mashonaland West Province, where 16 percent live. Other than Zimbabwe Seventeen is found in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
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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 Seventeen
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