Anomah Surname
Approximately 1,789 people bear this surname
Anomah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1,593 | 1:16,962 | 2,149 |
| Cameroon | 53 | 1:391,869 | 33,952 |
| Nigeria | 50 | 1:3,542,855 | 104,248 |
| Indonesia | 37 | 1:3,574,303 | 189,798 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Ivory Coast | 20 | 1:1,153,562 | 26,783 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Anomah (42) may also be a first name.
Anomah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anomah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Anomah is held by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Anomah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 226,821st most commonly held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 4,073,530 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Anomah reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 92 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most widespread forename at a global level, borne by 42 people.
The last name Anomah is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is borne by 1,593 people, or 1 in 16,962. Not including Ghana Anomah occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and Nigeria, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Anomah
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis