Fankah Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Fankah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Fankah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fankah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fankah is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Fankah.
How Common Is The Last Name Fankah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,427,875th most widespread last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Fankah live; 75 percent live in Central Africa and 75 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This last name is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 1,384,605. In Cameroon Fankah is most prevalent in: Northwest Region, where 87 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 13 percent reside. Not including Cameroon it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 20 percent reside and England, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fankash | 92 | 1 | / |
| Fanka | 91 | 1,367 | / |
| Pfankach | 86 | 0 | / |
| Fangka | 83 | 44 | / |
| Fankai | 83 | 44 | / |
| Fankap | 83 | 34 | / |
| Fonkah | 83 | 18 | / |
| Vankah | 83 | 10 | / |
| Fankad | 83 | 8 | / |
| Fankqa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Fankoa | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fahnka | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fankay | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fankoh | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fankas | 83 | 1 | / |
| Pfanka | 83 | 1 | / |
| Fonkach | 77 | 7 | / |
| Fangkay | 77 | 6 | / |
| Fangkat | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fangkas | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fonkaha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fankats | 77 | 1 | / |
| Fankaid | 77 | 0 | / |
| Vanka | 73 | 18,379 | / |
| Fonka | 73 | 736 | / |
| Fanko | 73 | 225 | / |
| Fanqa | 73 | 172 | / |
| Fanca | 73 | 170 | / |
| Fankà | 73 | 1 | / |
| Fánka | 73 | 1 | / |
| Faszynka | 71 | 48 | / |
| Fankouch | 71 | 24 | / |
| Faszinka | 71 | 8 | / |
| Fangkoch | 71 | 6 | / |
| Fankoush | 71 | 2 | / |
| Fankasss | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phankadh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Fankou | 67 | 321 | / |
| Vankaa | 67 | 195 | / |
| Fancea | 67 | 136 | / |
| Vankka | 67 | 127 | / |
| Phanka | 67 | 66 | / |
| Vankay | 67 | 64 | / |
| Fancai | 67 | 57 | / |
| Pfannkoch | 67 | 50 | / |
| Vankai | 67 | 48 | / |
| Vankha | 67 | 20 | / |
| Fankeu | 67 | 20 | / |
| Vankho | 67 | 18 | / |
| Fankey | 67 | 12 | / |
| Founka | 67 | 12 | / |
| Fonkoa | 67 | 12 | / |
| Fuonka | 67 | 12 | / |
| Vankau | 67 | 8 | / |
| Faschinka | 67 | 6 | / |
| Vancka | 67 | 5 | / |
| Fangko | 67 | 3 | / |
| Foncka | 67 | 2 | / |
| Fonkaa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foonka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vangka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vankqa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fankuo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fonkaz | 67 | 1 | / |
| Feunka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fonkoh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fonkap | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fhanko | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fancas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vannka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vancah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Vaanka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Feanca | 67 | 1 | / |
| Foncah | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fancay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fankás | 67 | 1 | / |
| Fankop | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Fankah
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