Banneh Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Banneh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 29 | 1:152,018 | 10,911 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Banneh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Banneh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Banneh is held by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Banneh? popularity and diffusion
The last name Banneh is the 3,432,070th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname Banneh occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Banneh live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
The last name is most frequently held in Liberia, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 152,018. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Grand Gedeh County, where 59 percent are found, Grand Bassa County, where 17 percent are found and Montserrado County, where 17 percent are found. Outside of Liberia this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 3 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 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 Banneh
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