Kâh Surname

11,742,229th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mali
Highest density in:
Mali

Kâh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Kâh Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

The alternate forms: Kah (19,491) & Káh (1) are calculated separately.

Kâh Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Kâh Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Kâh is carried by more people in Mali than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant: Kah or Káh. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Kâh? popularity and diffusion

It is the 11,742,229th most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Kâh occurs predominantly in Africa, where 50 percent of Kâh are found; 50 percent are found in West Africa and 50 percent are found in Mande Africa.

It is most frequently held in Mali, where it is carried by 1 people, or 1 in 16,969,035. Without taking into account Mali Kâh exists in one country. It also occurs in Turkey, where 50 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Kah8919,491/
Káh891/
Kâ808/
Kâach751/
Kha67273,378/
Kho67121,119/
Koh6792,528/
Kóh6719/
Khá671/
Kaâ671/

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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 Kâh
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