Gennah Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Gennah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gennah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia141:314,89517,893
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Namibia11:2,409,40119,676
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Gennah (34) may also be a first name.

Gennah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gennah Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Gennah is more commonly found in Liberia than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gennah? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,206,983rd most numerous surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 77 percent of Gennah reside; 68 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 34 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is borne by 14 people, or 1 in 314,895. In Liberia Gennah is most numerous in: Grand Bassa County, where 50 percent live, Montserrado County, where 36 percent live and Bong County, where 7 percent live. Other than Liberia this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 14 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent live.

Gennah Last Name Statistics demography

Gennah earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 20.33% less than the national average, earning $34,375 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Gennath9213/
Genna915,645/
Guennach86204/
Gennai832,812/
Guenna83533/
Gennat83194/
Ginnah83129/
Ghenna83106/
Gennap833/
Gennad833/
Gienna833/
Gennay832/
Gaenna831/
Ngenna831/
Gennaï831/
Goenna831/
Gennea830/
Gnah80121/
Gnna8029/
Ghennai771,809/
Guennaz77543/
Guennad77524/
Guennas77224/
Guennai77171/
Gennaux7749/
Genneau7724/
Ngennay7716/
Guinnah775/
Ghennaj772/
Ghennay771/
Guennay771/
Ginnach771/
Guennat771/
Guennau771/
Guennoh771/
Gennatt770/
Ginnash770/
Ginna73406/
Genno73390/
Gnaha73364/
Gnach73154/
Gnahs7346/
Geena7343/
Gnahy739/
Gnash736/
Gynna734/
Gemna733/
Ngnna733/
Gnaah732/
Gnnat731/
Gnnas731/
Gngna731/
Gnadh731/
Gnaih731/
Guenneau71158/
Genneaux7119/
Guennouh713/
Giennapp711/
Geetnadh711/
Gna67200/
Guenno67176/
Genney67129/
Nginna67117/
Ghenno6772/
Gennoy6727/
Guemna6713/
Guinna6711/
Ginnea677/
Ginnat675/
Geenga673/
Ngnaha672/
Gennot672/
Guunna671/
Ginnai671/
Geesna671/
Geenai671/
Ngenno671/
Gennou671/
Ngeena671/
Gemnaa671/
Gengno671/
Nngnna671/
Geenoh671/
Gnauch671/
Gnaith671/
Gönnad671/
Ginnas670/

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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 Gennah
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