Banjoh Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Banjoh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 42 | 1:4,217,685 | 117,088 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Banjoh (16) may also be a first name.
Banjoh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Banjoh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Banjoh is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Banjoh.
How Common Is The Last Name Banjoh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,460,878th most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Banjoh live; 69 percent live in West Africa and 69 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most widely held first name in the world It is held by 16 people.
Banjoh is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 4,217,685. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 36 percent are found, Oyo, where 14 percent are found and Ekiti, where 12 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 13 percent are found and The United States, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Banjoh
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