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 occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ataah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,237,939th most frequently held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 101,215,916 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Ataah live; 61 percent live in Central Africa and 61 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 472,024. In Cameroon Ataah is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 89 percent live, Southwest Region, where 7 percent live and Centre Region, where 2 percent live. Barring Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It is also common 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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