Menkah Surname
Approximately 792 people bear this surname
Menkah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 762 | 1:35,460 | 4,134 |
| Liberia | 13 | 1:339,118 | 18,650 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Menkah (10) may also be a first name.
Menkah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Menkah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Menkah is more frequently found in Ghana than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Menkah? popularity and diffusion
Menkah is the 434,076th most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 9,201,447 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Menkah live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 10 people.
The surname Menkah is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is held by 762 people, or 1 in 35,460. Outside of Ghana Menkah exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 2 percent live and England, 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 Menkah
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