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 last name Attamah is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Attamah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 255,938th most prevalent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 4,729,102 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Attamah are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Attamah is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 927 people, or 1 in 191,093. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Enugu, where 60 percent reside, Lagos, where 6 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Attamah is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 36 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Attamah
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