Banlah Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Banlah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Banlah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Banlah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Banlah occurs in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Banlah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Banlah is the 6,723,624th most common last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Banlah live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
The last name Banlah is most widely held in Liberia, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 629,791. In Liberia it is most prevalent in: Nimba County, where 86 percent live and Grand Bassa County, where 14 percent live. Without taking into account Liberia this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 13 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 Banlah
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