Atarah Surname
Approximately 487 people bear this surname
Atarah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Israel | 58 | 1:147,545 | 15,555 |
| Nigeria | 58 | 1:3,054,185 | 94,504 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
Atarah (2,133) may also be a first name.
Atarah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atarah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Atarah (Hindi: अतरह) occurs most in Ghana. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Atarah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 628,294th most prevalent last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 14,964,160 people. The last name Atarah occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Atarah live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 162,648th most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 2,133 people.
The surname Atarah is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is held by 346 people, or 1 in 78,094. Without taking into account Ghana this last name is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 12 percent reside and Nigeria, where 12 percent reside.
Atarah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Atarah has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Atarah surname fell 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
Atarah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Atarah in the Hindi language | ||
| अतरह | ataraha | 75 |
| आतरह | ataraha | 25 |
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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 Atarah
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