Garteh Surname
Approximately 2,244 people bear this surname
Garteh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 2,234 | 1:1,973 | 262 |
| Senegal | 5 | 1:2,915,868 | 5,479 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Garteh (92) may also be a first name.
Garteh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Garteh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Garteh occurs more in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Garteh? popularity and diffusion
Garteh is the 188,427th most frequent family name globally, held by around 1 in 3,247,569 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Garteh live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 992,070th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 92 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is carried by 2,234 people, or 1 in 1,973. In Liberia it is most numerous in: Nimba County, where 51 percent are found, Bong County, where 19 percent are found and Montserrado County, where 16 percent are found. Aside from Liberia this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Senegal, where 0 percent are found and The United States, where 0 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 Garteh
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