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
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Kanneh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kanneh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kanneh is more frequently found in Sierra Leone than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kanneh? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 12,637th most frequently occurring last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 164,053 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Kanneh are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 55 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 543,171st most numerous forename internationally, borne by 268 people.
The last name is most widely held in Sierra Leone, where it is carried by 23,937 people, or 1 in 296. Besides Sierra Leone this last name is found in 38 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 44 percent reside and Ghana, where 1 percent reside.
Kanneh Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Kanneh last name are 37.68% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 90.91% registered with the political 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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