Borlah Surname
Approximately 21 people bear this surname
Borlah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 17 | 1:259,326 | 15,766 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Borlah (11) may also be a first name.
Borlah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Borlah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Borlah is held by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Borlah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Borlah is the 4,307,654th most widely held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Borlah live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most numerous first name in the world, held by 11 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is carried by 17 people, or 1 in 259,326. In Liberia Borlah is most common in: Grand Bassa County, where 59 percent are found, Lofa County, where 29 percent are found and Montserrado County, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Liberia this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 5 percent are found and India, where 5 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 Borlah
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