Funah Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Funah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Funah (26) may also be a first name.
Funah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Funah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Funah is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Funah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,909,720th most prevalent surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. Funah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Funah are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,084,397th most frequent forename at a global level. It is borne by 26 people.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 4,119,599. In Nigeria it is most common in: Nasarawa, where 42 percent are found, Akwa Ibom, where 21 percent are found and Kaduna, where 19 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Uganda, where 4 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 Funah
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