Ataah Surname
Approximately 72 people bear this surname
Ataah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 44 | 1:472,024 | 38,779 |
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Ataah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ataah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ataah occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ataah.
How Common Is The Last Name Ataah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,237,939th most frequently held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. The surname Ataah occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Ataah reside; 61 percent reside in Central Africa and 61 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Ataah is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 472,024. In Cameroon Ataah is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 89 percent live, Southwest Region, where 7 percent live and Centre Region, where 2 percent live. Aside from Cameroon this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 28 percent live and Indonesia, where 8 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
- 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 Ataah
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