Korteh Surname
Approximately 54 people bear this surname
Korteh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 49 | 1:89,970 | 7,357 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Korteh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Korteh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Korteh is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Korteh click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Korteh? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,635,433rd most frequently used last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 134,954,554 people. The last name Korteh is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Korteh live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
This surname is most prevalent in Liberia, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 89,970. In Liberia it is primarily found in: Montserrado County, where 43 percent are found, Lofa County, where 20 percent are found and Bomi County, where 14 percent are found. Aside from Liberia this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 4 percent are found and The Gambia, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Korteh
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