Cognomen Patiënt (Patient 
, Patiens 
, Pasien 
) , throughout the world, is quite a common last name. The cognomen Patiënt is characteristic of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly Mauritius, where it is quite a rare surname, Rwanda, and Nigeria. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Nigeria, France, and the United Kingdom. More prevalently, Patiënt is the forename as well as the last name.