Baanah Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Baanah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
Baanah (30) may also be a first name.
Baanah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Baanah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Baanah is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Baanah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 3,485,539th most prevalent family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name Baanah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Baanah live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Baanah is also the 1,911,214th most prevalent forename world-wide It is held by 30 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 5,904,759. In Nigeria Baanah is most numerous in: Taraba, where 53 percent reside and Plateau, where 47 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 3 percent reside and Iran, 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
- 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 Baanah
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