Mentowah Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Liberia
Highest density in:
Liberia

Mentowah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Mentowah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Liberia51:881,70733,815
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Mentowah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Mentowah is held by more people in Liberia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Mentowah? popularity and diffusion

Mentowah is the 7,117,718th most common family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Mentowah reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Anglo-West Africa.

The last name Mentowah is most numerous in Liberia, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 881,707. In Liberia it is mostly concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 100 percent live. Beside Liberia this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 14 percent live and Nigeria, where 14 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Mentoway881/
Mentova80153/
Mentewa801/
Mentovai7524/
Mentawai758/
Mentovay757/
Mehntawa751/
Mentová67207/
Mintova6752/
Menteva678/
Memtova677/
Mintawa677/
Mentuwo671/
Menthabhai671/
Mintoba671/
Mentaeva6350/
Menteeva6315/
Menthová6310/
Mintouba632/
Mntabo572/
Mntaba571/
Mntuba571/
Mintaba5338/
Mintová534/
Mntaubo531/
Mintovo531/
Mintobo531/
Minteva531/
Mintaeva5038/
Minteeva5012/
Myntaeva509/
Mynteeva507/

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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
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  • 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 Mentowah
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