Anna Surname
Approximately 37,494 people bear this surname
Anna Surname Definition:
Perhaps of local origin. Anna or Annay, a river island, a holm (Roxburgh-Scot. nat. dict.). John Anna, indweller in Edinburgh, 1690 (Edinb. Marr.).
Anna Surname Distribution Map
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
DR Congo | 4,720 | 1:15,652 | 1,943 |
India | 4,354 | 1:176,175 | 10,828 |
Indonesia | 3,674 | 1:35,996 | 4,194 |
Ethiopia | 2,737 | 1:35,640 | 4,079 |
Nigeria | 2,173 | 1:81,520 | 5,777 |
United States | 2,157 | 1:168,038 | 17,023 |
Egypt | 2,014 | 1:45,648 | 4,549 |
Bangladesh | 1,712 | 1:93,082 | 4,097 |
Papua New Guinea | 1,487 | 1:5,483 | 333 |
Haiti | 1,419 | 1:7,529 | 869 |
Italy | 885 | 1:69,104 | 12,243 |
Kenya | 863 | 1:53,511 | 5,369 |
Germany | 845 | 1:95,273 | 11,871 |
Cameroon | 795 | 1:26,125 | 3,559 |
Slovakia | 769 | 1:6,939 | 664 |
Australia | 514 | 1:52,521 | 6,484 |
Morocco | 511 | 1:67,468 | 11,380 |
Poland | 454 | 1:83,720 | 12,959 |
Niger | 431 | 1:44,529 | 2,316 |
Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
Japan | 370 | 1:345,525 | 11,906 |
New Zealand | 354 | 1:12,792 | 2,235 |
Afghanistan | 324 | 1:99,238 | 2,574 |
France | 322 | 1:206,282 | 32,050 |
England | 239 | 1:233,130 | 19,331 |
Greece | 201 | 1:55,123 | 9,166 |
Brazil | 176 | 1:1,216,331 | 41,961 |
Canada | 167 | 1:220,632 | 21,263 |
Malaysia | 161 | 1:183,194 | 10,967 |
Iran | 155 | 1:495,371 | 29,524 |
Solomon Islands | 145 | 1:4,000 | 469 |
Uganda | 140 | 1:278,852 | 19,916 |
Thailand | 138 | 1:511,872 | 89,138 |
Hong Kong | 127 | 1:57,760 | 1,031 |
China | 119 | 1:11,490,097 | 695 |
Belarus | 111 | 1:85,595 | 13,520 |
Argentina | 103 | 1:414,985 | 31,631 |
Mauritania | 93 | 1:44,031 | 3,308 |
Mauritius | 79 | 1:16,372 | 3,469 |
Singapore | 73 | 1:75,448 | 3,146 |
Ivory Coast | 71 | 1:324,947 | 11,901 |
United Arab Emirates | 57 | 1:160,742 | 11,909 |
Switzerland | 53 | 1:154,961 | 14,619 |
Hungary | 50 | 1:196,326 | 16,661 |
Ireland | 49 | 1:96,101 | 5,242 |
Portugal | 47 | 1:221,665 | 8,706 |
Dominican Republic | 46 | 1:226,803 | 8,136 |
Spain | 43 | 1:1,087,257 | 39,071 |
Belgium | 42 | 1:273,730 | 32,801 |
Netherlands | 34 | 1:496,682 | 47,398 |
South Africa | 29 | 1:1,868,197 | 87,346 |
Sweden | 29 | 1:339,543 | 23,803 |
Latvia | 25 | 1:82,002 | 12,055 |
Liberia | 24 | 1:183,689 | 12,460 |
Estonia | 23 | 1:57,470 | 10,794 |
Taiwan | 21 | 1:1,116,416 | 7,706 |
Pakistan | 17 | 1:10,508,464 | 49,949 |
Iceland | 16 | 1:23,756 | 1,850 |
Philippines | 16 | 1:6,327,389 | 184,366 |
Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
Scotland | 15 | 1:356,921 | 15,763 |
Cyprus | 14 | 1:63,205 | 6,078 |
Austria | 13 | 1:655,033 | 58,041 |
Finland | 12 | 1:458,058 | 28,977 |
Armenia | 9 | 1:325,576 | 7,297 |
Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
Rwanda | 9 | 1:1,262,775 | 2,632 |
Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
Romania | 7 | 1:2,868,267 | 56,178 |
South Korea | 7 | 1:7,320,037 | 1,243 |
Vietnam | 7 | 1:13,235,151 | 2,948 |
Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
Tanzania | 6 | 1:8,823,602 | 72,091 |
Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
Czechia | 4 | 1:2,658,367 | 127,801 |
Georgia | 4 | 1:936,386 | 24,100 |
Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
Madagascar | 4 | 1:5,912,459 | 5,394 |
Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
Mongolia | 4 | 1:706,322 | 11,365 |
Oman | 4 | 1:921,993 | 7,313 |
South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
Zimbabwe | 3 | 1:5,146,080 | 115,446 |
Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
Comoros | 1 | 1:749,524 | 685 |
Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
Guernsey | 1 | 1:64,439 | 2,137 |
Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
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Ireland | 4 | 1:1,107,467 | 26,093 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
---|---|---|---|
United States | 126 | 1:398,561 | 29,579 |
The alternate forms: Annã (1) are calculated separately.
Anna (11,350,336) may also be a first name.
Anna Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Perhaps of local origin. Anna or Annay, a river island, a holm (Roxburgh-Scot. nat. dict.). John Anna, indweller in Edinburgh, 1690 (Edinb. Marr.).
(English) the Anglo-Saxon male pers. name Æn(n)e or Anna.
Anna (ob. A.D. 654), king of East Anglia, was a son of Æne. (Anglo-Hebrew) contraction of Hannah = Grace, Mercy. [Hebrew Hhannáh].
Anna Demographics
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Anna Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anna Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Anna (Arabic: ليننا, Bengali: অন্ন, Georgian: ანნა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﻧﺎ, Hindi: अन्ना, Marathi: आण्णा, Oriya: ଅନନ୍, Tibetan: ཨེན་མ་) occurs most in The DR Congo. It can also appear as a variant: Annã. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Anna? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 14,861st most commonly held family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 194,366 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 40 percent of Anna live; 18 percent live in South Asia and 14 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Anna is also the 20th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 11,350,336 people.
The surname Anna is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 4,720 people, or 1 in 15,652. Barring The DR Congo this last name occurs in 133 countries. It is also common in India, where 12 percent reside and Indonesia, where 10 percent reside.
Anna Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Anna has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Anna surname grew 1,712 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 23,900 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it grew 1,225 percent between 1901 and 2014.
Anna Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Anna surname is primarily Catholic (75%) in Ireland, Orthodox (87%) in Russia, Orthodox (88%) in Belarus, Christian (91%) in Kenya, Christian (82%) in Nigeria and Orthodox (76%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those bearing the Anna last name are 4.31% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 51.08% registered with the political party.
The amount Anna earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 21.53% more than the national average, earning R 288,792 per year; in United States they earn 6.26% less than the national average, earning $40,447 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.61% less than the national average, earning $48,885 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Anna Name Transliterations
Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
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Anna in the Georgian language | ||
ანნა | anna | - |
Anna in the Hindi language | ||
अन्ना | anna | 92.96 |
आन्ना | anna | 2.42 |
अन्न | anna | 1.96 |
अण्णा | anna | 0.46 |
अनना | anana | 0.42 |
अंना | anna | 0.38 |
अन्नू | annu | 0.12 |
ान्ना | anna | 0.12 |
आनना | anana | 0.12 |
ऐना | aina | 0.08 |
आण्णा | anna | 0.08 |
अन्न्ा | anna | 0.04 |
एैना | eaina | 0.04 |
आणना | anana | 0.04 |
आन्न | anna | 0.04 |
अऩ्ना | anna | 0.04 |
Anna in the Marathi language | ||
आण्णा | anna | 69.74 |
अण्णा | anna | 30.16 |
आंना | anna | 0.02 |
आण्ना | anna | 0.01 |
आण्ण | anna | 0.01 |
आंणा | anna | 0.01 |
आन्णा | anna | 0.01 |
अंना | anna | 0.01 |
आन्ऩा | anna | 0 |
आण्ञा | anna | 0 |
अन्णा | anna | 0 |
आञ्णा | anna | 0 |
अंणा | anna | 0 |
आण्णाा | annaa | 0 |
अण्ण | anna | 0 |
Anna in the Oriya language | ||
ଅନନ୍ | anan | 66.06 |
ଆନନ୍ା | anana | 27.11 |
ଆନା | ana | 2.59 |
ଅନ | ana | 2.09 |
ଅନନ୍ା | anana | 1.17 |
ଆନନ୍ | anan | 0.33 |
ଆନମ୍ା | anama | 0.08 |
ଅଞନ୍ | anan | 0.08 |
ଆନଫ଼୍ା | anafa | 0.08 |
ଆନ୍ନା | anna | 0.08 |
ଆନଲ୍ା | anala | 0.08 |
ଆନନା | anana | 0.08 |
Anna in the Bengali language | ||
অন্ন | anna | 58.24 |
আন্না | anna | 14.29 |
অন্না | anna | 9.89 |
অন্নকুমার | annakumara | 3.3 |
অণ্ণ | anna | 3.3 |
অন্নলক্ষী | annalaksi | 2.2 |
অন্নরাধা | annaradha | 2.2 |
অন্নলক্ষ্মী | annalaksmi | 2.2 |
Anna in the Tibetan language | ||
ཨེན་མ་ | enma | 50 |
ཨ་ནཱན་ | anen | 50 |
Anna in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
ﺁﻧﺎ | ana | 25.64 |
ﻋﻦ | n | 22.22 |
ﻋﻨﻪ | nh | 17.09 |
ﺁﻥ | an | 8.55 |
ﺁﻧﻪ | anh | 5.13 |
ﺍﻧﺎ | ana | 4.27 |
ﺃﻥ | an | 3.42 |
ﻋﺎﻧﻪ | anh | 3.42 |
ﺍﻥ | an | 2.56 |
ﺃﻧﻪ | anh | 1.71 |
ﺃﻧﺎ | ana | 0.85 |
ﺍﻧﻪ | anh | 0.85 |
ﺁﻧﻨﺎ | anna | 0.85 |
Anna in the Arabic language | ||
ليننا | lynna | - |
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