Kernah Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Kernah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 123 | 1:35,842 | 3,316 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
Kernah (21) may also be a first name.
Kernah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kernah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kernah has its highest incidence in Liberia. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kernah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kernah is the 1,527,735th most common surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. Kernah is predominantly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Kernah reside; 91 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa. Kernah is also the 2,368,944th most commonly occurring forename worldwide. It is borne by 21 people.
The surname Kernah is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is held by 123 people, or 1 in 35,842. In Liberia Kernah is primarily found in: Nimba County, where 97 percent live, Bong County, where 1 percent live and Grand Bassa County, where 1 percent live. Barring Liberia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 8 percent live and Algeria, where 1 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 Kernah
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