Kakah Surname
Approximately 1,405 people bear this surname
Kakah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 831 | 1:32,516 | 3,831 |
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| Nigeria | 152 | 1:1,165,413 | 47,471 |
| Cameroon | 39 | 1:532,540 | 42,124 |
| Iran | 16 | 1:4,798,908 | 119,068 |
| Liberia | 13 | 1:339,118 | 18,650 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Kakah (1,103) may also be a first name.
Kakah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kakah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kakah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻛﺎﻛﻪ) is found in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Kakah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kakah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 276,073rd most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,186,865 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Kakah reside; 71 percent reside in West Africa and 70 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 240,234th most commonly occurring first name worldwide, borne by 1,103 people.
The last name is most numerous in Ghana, where it is borne by 831 people, or 1 in 32,516. Excluding Ghana it is found in 21 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 22 percent are found and Nigeria, where 11 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kakah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kakah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻛﺎﻛﻪ | kakh | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Kakah
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis