Bakanah Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Bakanah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 14 | 1:314,895 | 17,893 |
| Iran | 3 | 1:25,594,175 | 224,183 |
Bakanah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bakanah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bakanah is found most in Liberia. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Bakanah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,772,636th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Bakanah live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 314,895. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Bong County, where 64 percent live, Margibi County, where 29 percent live and Grand Cape Mount County, where 7 percent live. Outside of Liberia Bakanah is found in one country. It also occurs in Iran, where 18 percent live.
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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 Bakanah
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