Kanneh Surname
Approximately 44,422 people bear this surname
Kanneh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone | 23,937 | 1:296 | 49 |
| Liberia | 19,753 | 1:223 | 31 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| United States | 264 | 1:1,372,951 | 95,166 |
| England | 51 | 1:1,092,511 | 52,584 |
| Canada | 39 | 1:944,759 | 71,777 |
| Australia | 26 | 1:1,038,296 | 59,744 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 8 | 1:170,497 | 8,814 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Guinea | 5 | 1:2,366,763 | 1,841 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Kanneh (268) may also be a first name.
Kanneh Demographics
Average Kanneh Salary in
United States
$37,049 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Kanneh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanneh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kanneh is more commonly found in Sierra Leone than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanneh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 12,637th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 164,053 people. The last name Kanneh is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kanneh reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 55 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 543,171st most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 268 people.
The last name Kanneh is most widespread in Sierra Leone, where it is borne by 23,937 people, or 1 in 296. Beside Sierra Leone Kanneh is found in 38 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 44 percent live and Ghana, where 1 percent live.
Kanneh Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Kanneh last name are 37.68% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 90.91% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Kanneh earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 14.14% less than the national average, earning $37,049 USD per year and in Canada they earn 34.37% less than the national average, earning $32,607 CAD per year.
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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 Kanneh
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