Attah Surname
Approximately 76,847 people bear this surname
Attah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 52,245 | 1:3,391 | 459 |
| Ghana | 22,098 | 1:1,223 | 197 |
| Togo | 840 | 1:8,628 | 2,051 |
| Ivory Coast | 399 | 1:57,823 | 3,427 |
| England | 367 | 1:151,820 | 14,489 |
| Cameroon | 232 | 1:89,522 | 10,766 |
| United States | 195 | 1:1,858,764 | 121,141 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Pakistan | 61 | 1:2,928,588 | 24,004 |
| Niger | 32 | 1:599,751 | 14,963 |
| Philippines | 29 | 1:3,490,973 | 149,374 |
| Liberia | 28 | 1:157,448 | 11,209 |
| Denmark | 23 | 1:245,422 | 19,084 |
| Mauritania | 20 | 1:204,743 | 10,209 |
| Switzerland | 15 | 1:547,528 | 38,365 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Iceland | 9 | 1:42,232 | 2,922 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Rwanda | 4 | 1:2,841,244 | 3,611 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
Attah (12,849) may also be a first name.
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Attah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Attah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Attah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﺗﺎﻩ, Hindi: अत्ताह) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Attah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,400th most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 94,832 people. The surname Attah occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Attah reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 51,701st most commonly held first name worldwide, borne by 12,849 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 52,245 people, or 1 in 3,391. In Nigeria Attah is primarily found in: Kogi, where 21 percent live, Benue, where 10 percent live and Lagos, where 9 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Attah exists in 53 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 29 percent live and Togo, where 1 percent live.
Attah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Attah surname is predominantly Christian (95%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Attah are 40.52% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 93.75% registered with the political party.
The amount Attah earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 41.82% less than the national average, earning R 138,264 per year; in United States they earn 2.34% more than the national average, earning $44,160 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.6% less than the national average, earning $49,384 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Attah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Attah in the Hindi language | ||
| अत्ताह | attaha | - |
| Attah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﺗﺎﻩ | atah | 71.43 |
| ﺍﺗﺎﻩ | atah | 28.57 |
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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
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- 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 Attah
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