Braah Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Braah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 64 | 1:2,767,856 | 88,308 |
| Benin | 38 | 1:271,990 | 23,227 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Braah (27) may also be a first name.
Braah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Braah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Braah occurs most in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Braah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,727,723rd most frequently held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Braah live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Braah is also the 2,036,353rd most frequent first name globally It is held by 27 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 64 people, or 1 in 2,767,856. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 64 percent are found and Rivers, where 34 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Braah occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 34 percent are found and Niger, 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 Braah
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