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
Janteh is most common in Liberia. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Janteh.
How Common Is The Last Name Janteh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,315,412th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 42,617,228 people. The last name Janteh is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Janteh are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 1,994,417th most commonly held first name in the world It is held by 28 people.
The last name is most numerous in Liberia, where it is borne by 166 people, or 1 in 26,557. In Liberia it is mostly concentrated in: Bong County, where 83 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 16 percent reside and Lofa County, where 1 percent reside. Besides Liberia this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Senegal, where 2 percent reside and Lebanon, where 1 percent reside.
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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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