Jeah Surname
Approximately 202 people bear this surname
Jeah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 187 | 1:23,575 | 2,327 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
Jeah (790) may also be a first name.
Jeah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jeah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Jeah is found most frequently in Liberia. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Jeah.
How Common Is The Last Name Jeah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,177,228th most frequently held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 36,076,960 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 93 percent of Jeah reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 291,524th most frequently held given name worldwide, held by 790 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is borne by 187 people, or 1 in 23,575. In Liberia Jeah is primarily concentrated in: Grand Bassa County, where 22 percent reside, Nimba County, where 21 percent reside and Montserrado County, where 17 percent reside. Outside of Liberia Jeah occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Norway, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 2 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 Jeah
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