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
Funah is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Funah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,909,720th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Funah reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Funah is also the 2,084,397th most widespread first name in the world, held by 26 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 4,119,599. In Nigeria Funah is primarily found in: Nasarawa, where 42 percent live, Akwa Ibom, where 21 percent live and Kaduna, where 19 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 4 percent live.
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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
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis