Avenant Surname

287,524th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,335 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Turks and Caicos Islands

Avenant Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Avenant Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa1,0971:49,3876,276
France2071:320,88348,728
England101:5,571,806158,774
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
Turks and Caicos Islands21:17,164627
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Seychelles11:92,3931,532

Avenant (54) may also be a first name.

Avenant Last Name Facts

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

The surname Avenant is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Avenant? popularity and diffusion

It is the 287,524th most commonly used family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 5,458,836 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Avenant live; 82 percent live in Southern Africa and 82 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Avenant is also the 1,350,955th most widely held first name globally, borne by 54 people.

It is most numerous in South Africa, where it is borne by 1,097 people, or 1 in 49,387. In South Africa Avenant is primarily found in: Western Cape, where 49 percent reside, Gauteng, where 21 percent reside and North West, where 8 percent reside. Apart from South Africa this last name occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in France, where 16 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Avenant Last Name Statistics demography

Avenant earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 67.03% more than the national average, earning R 396,936 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Avenante9365/
Avenand8616/
Avinant867/
Avanant861/
Evenant861/
Gavenan860/
Abenante80865/
Avinante80159/
Avignant8085/
Aveñante808/
Avinaint802/
Havenann802/
Havenang801/
Abenan778,260/
Avenon77307/
Avinan772/
Havenhand75553/
Avegnon711,518/
Avinain71127/
Avenaim7141/
Aweenan7130/
Awenang716/
Abeenan714/
Avingan714/
Avenong712/
Avenein711/
Avinane711/
Avinand711/
Abenain711/
Avinang711/
Govenan711/
Havenam711/
Havinan711/
Heavenhand710/
Ovennan710/
Aviñante67931/
Abinante6779/
Evenhand6715/
Evaanant673/
Gavingan673/
Gawengan672/
Avinañte672/
Ouvenand671/
Hovengan671/

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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 Avenant
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