Anorah Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Anorah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Anorah (25) may also be a first name.
Anorah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anorah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Anorah occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Anorah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,427,875th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Anorah live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most frequently held forename worldwide. It is borne by 25 people.
The surname Anorah is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 74 percent reside and Gombe, where 26 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent reside.
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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
- 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 Anorah
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