Attamah Surname
Approximately 1,541 people bear this surname
Attamah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 927 | 1:191,093 | 11,582 |
| Ghana | 554 | 1:48,774 | 5,381 |
| Ivory Coast | 47 | 1:490,877 | 15,694 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Attamah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Attamah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Attamah has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Attamah? popularity and diffusion
Attamah is the 255,938th most numerous family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 4,729,102 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Attamah live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 927 people, or 1 in 191,093. In Nigeria Attamah is primarily found in: Enugu, where 60 percent are found, Lagos, where 6 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Attamah occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 36 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 3 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 Attamah
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