Kankah Surname
Approximately 25 people bear this surname
Kankah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 23 | 1:191,675 | 12,886 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Kankah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kankah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kankah occurs in Liberia more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Kankah.
How Common Is The Last Name Kankah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kankah is the 3,957,383rd most widespread family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 291,501,837 people. The last name Kankah is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Kankah are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa.
It is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 191,675. In Liberia it is primarily found in: Nimba County, where 52 percent live, Grand Bassa County, where 43 percent live and Montserrado County, where 4 percent live. Outside of Liberia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 4 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 4 percent live.
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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 Kankah
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