Surname Athanasius

Cognomen Athanasius (Athanase , Афанасий , Athanasius ) , around the globe, is quite a common surname. The family name Athanasius is characteristic of Seychelles, where it is a common surname, Guadeloupe, where it is quite a common surname, and Saint Lucia. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Nigeria, Rwanda, and Tanzania. More frequently, Athanasius is the forename as well as the last name.

Translations, transliterations and names similar to the name Athanasius

VARIANT	COUNTRY
Athanase	Ethiopia, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Афанасий	Moldova, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, Russia
Athanasius	Tanzania, Kenya, Cameroon, Nigeria, Indonesia
אתנאסיוס	Israel

Last names said to be same

Afanasij, Afanassi, Afanasy, Apanas, Atanas, Atanasije, Atanasio, Atanazy, Atanásio, Atanáz, Athanasios, Athanásios, Αθανάσιος, Апанас, Атаназий, Атанас, Атанасие, Атанасиос, Атанасій, Афанасиос, Афанасиус, Афанасі, Афанасій, Афоня, Опанас, Панас, أثناسيوس, and اثناسيوس

Notable namesakes

	a s. sebastiano athanasius (b. 1712)
	thomas mar athanasius bishop of the Malanakara Orthodox Syrian Church (b. 1938)