Gannah Surname
Approximately 88 people bear this surname
Gannah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 47 | 1:93,799 | 7,591 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 18 | 1:75,776 | 5,658 |
| Nigeria | 17 | 1:10,420,162 | 203,261 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Gannah (964) may also be a first name.
Gannah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Gannah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Gannah occurs more in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Gannah? popularity and diffusion
Gannah is the 1,994,173rd most numerous family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. Gannah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 78 percent of Gannah reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 53 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 259,771st most commonly held given name on earth, borne by 964 people.
The surname Gannah is most numerous in Liberia, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 93,799. In Liberia Gannah is most common in: Bong County, where 68 percent live, Montserrado County, where 17 percent live and Nimba County, where 13 percent live. Other than Liberia Gannah occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Trinidad and Tobago, where 20 percent live and Nigeria, where 19 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
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- 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 Gannah
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