Janneh Surname
Approximately 22,633 people bear this surname
Janneh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gambia | 12,497 | 1:154 | 37 |
| Sierra Leone | 9,341 | 1:759 | 145 |
| Liberia | 251 | 1:17,564 | 1,794 |
| United States | 199 | 1:1,821,402 | 119,204 |
| England | 141 | 1:395,164 | 27,358 |
| Spain | 62 | 1:754,065 | 31,946 |
| Sweden | 46 | 1:214,060 | 14,843 |
| Netherlands | 19 | 1:888,799 | 62,169 |
| Canada | 17 | 1:2,167,388 | 133,872 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Wales | 4 | 1:773,633 | 29,106 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Janneh (1,834) may also be a first name.
Janneh Demographics
Average Janneh Salary in
United States
$38,679 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Janneh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Janneh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Janneh (Arabic: جانيه) is more frequently found in The Gambia than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Janneh.
How Common Is The Last Name Janneh? popularity and diffusion
The last name Janneh is the 23,906th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 321,988 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Janneh live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Janneh is also the 178,130th most frequently held forename throughout the world, held by 1,834 people.
The last name Janneh is most frequently used in The Gambia, where it is held by 12,497 people, or 1 in 154. Not including The Gambia it is found in 35 countries. It is also common in Sierra Leone, where 41 percent live and Liberia, where 1 percent live.
Janneh Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Janneh last name is chiefly Shiite (100%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Janneh surname are 18.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 72% registered with the political party.
The amount Janneh earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 33.14% less than the national average, earning 231,374 kr per year; in United States they earn 10.36% less than the national average, earning $38,679 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.82% less than the national average, earning $36,853 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Janneh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Janneh in the Arabic language | ||
| جانيه | janyh | - |
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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 Janneh
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