Banah Surname
Approximately 1,895 people bear this surname
Banah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Israel | 464 | 1:18,443 | 2,745 |
| Iran | 248 | 1:309,607 | 21,683 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Indonesia | 179 | 1:738,822 | 56,864 |
| Yemen | 127 | 1:208,073 | 8,737 |
| Liberia | 123 | 1:35,842 | 3,316 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Ivory Coast | 106 | 1:217,653 | 9,074 |
| Nigeria | 72 | 1:2,460,316 | 81,464 |
| Lebanon | 59 | 1:95,544 | 5,831 |
| Iraq | 47 | 1:745,142 | 10,632 |
| Malaysia | 22 | 1:1,340,647 | 57,034 |
| Burkina Faso | 13 | 1:1,411,700 | 12,072 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Moldova | 3 | 1:1,187,123 | 48,973 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Banah (1,791) may also be a first name.
Banah Demographics
Banah Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Banah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Banah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Banah (Arabic: بنيه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺎﺑﺎﻩ, Marathi: बनाह) is found most in Israel. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Banah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Banah is the 216,529th most commonly held surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 3,845,671 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 75 percent of Banah live; 50 percent live in West Asia and 24 percent live in Judeo-West Asia. It is also the 180,706th most widely held forename on earth, borne by 1,791 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Israel, where it is borne by 464 people, or 1 in 18,443. In Israel it is mostly concentrated in: Central District, where 24 percent are found, Northern District, where 20 percent are found and Tel Aviv District, where 19 percent are found. Not including Israel this surname occurs in 35 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 13 percent are found and Saudi Arabia, where 13 percent are found.
Banah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Banah has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Banah last name expanded 800 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Banah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is predominantly Maronite (89%) in Lebanon.
The amount Banah earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 27.77% less than the national average, earning $31,167 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.61% more than the national average, earning $52,468 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Banah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Banah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺎﺑﺎﻩ | babah | - |
| Banah in the Marathi language | ||
| बनाह | banaha | - |
| Banah in the Arabic language | ||
| بنيه | bnyh | - |
| بانه | banh | - |
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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 Banah
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