Johnah Surname
Approximately 512 people bear this surname
Johnah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 420 | 1:421,768 | 21,856 |
| Papua New Guinea | 78 | 1:104,535 | 14,121 |
| Solomon Islands | 10 | 1:58,003 | 11,702 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
Johnah (496) may also be a first name.
Johnah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Johnah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Johnah (Arabic: جوهنيه) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Johnah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Johnah is the 605,571st most frequently held last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 14,233,488 people. The last name Johnah is mostly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Johnah live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Johnah is also the 381,018th most frequently held forename worldwide, borne by 496 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 420 people, or 1 in 421,768. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Akwa Ibom, where 64 percent live, Adamawa, where 9 percent live and Cross River, where 6 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Johnah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Johnah in the Arabic language | ||
| جوهنيه | jwhnyh | - |
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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 Johnah
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