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
The surname Baanah occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see 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 frequently held surname globally, held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Baanah are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most frequently used given name throughout the world, held by 30 people.
Baanah is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 30 people, or 1 in 5,904,759. In Nigeria Baanah is mostly found in: Taraba, where 53 percent reside and Plateau, where 47 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found 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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