Amekah Surname
Approximately 903 people bear this surname
Amekah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 901 | 1:29,990 | 3,547 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Amekah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amekah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amekah is found in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amekah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Amekah is the 391,801st most frequently used last name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 8,070,372 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Amekah live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Amekah is most common in Ghana, where it is held by 901 people, or 1 in 29,990. Aside from Ghana this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 0 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
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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
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