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
Anorah occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Anorah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,427,875th most widely held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Anorah are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Anorah is also the 2,136,160th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 25 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria it is most common in: Lagos, where 74 percent reside and Gombe, where 26 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also found 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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