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
Ataah is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ataah? popularity and diffusion
Ataah is the 2,237,939th most common last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 101,215,916 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Ataah reside; 61 percent reside in Central Africa and 61 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 44 people, or 1 in 472,024. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 89 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 7 percent are found and Centre Region, where 2 percent are found. Besides Cameroon Ataah occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 28 percent are found and Indonesia, where 8 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
- 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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