Janteh Surname
Approximately 171 people bear this surname
Janteh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 166 | 1:26,557 | 2,573 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
Janteh (28) may also be a first name.
Janteh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Janteh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Janteh has its highest incidence in Liberia. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Janteh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,315,412th most numerous last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 42,617,228 people. The surname Janteh occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Janteh live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Janteh is also the 1,994,417th most frequently used first name world-wide It is held by 28 people.
The last name Janteh is most commonly occurring in Liberia, where it is carried by 166 people, or 1 in 26,557. In Liberia it is primarily found in: Bong County, where 83 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 16 percent are found and Lofa County, where 1 percent are found. Excluding Liberia this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Senegal, where 2 percent are found and Lebanon, where 1 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 Janteh
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