Kortuah Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Kortuah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Kortuah (6) may also be a first name.
Kortuah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kortuah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kortuah is borne by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kortuah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Kortuah is the 10,311,814th most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Kortuah occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kortuah live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 4,967,096th most commonly held first name on earth, borne by 6 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Liberia, where it is held by 2 people, or 1 in 2,204,268. In Liberia it is primarily found in: Grand Bassa County, where 50 percent reside and Nimba County, where 50 percent reside. Beside Liberia it occurs in one country. It is also found in Ghana, where 33 percent reside.
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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 Kortuah
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