Nankpah Surname
Approximately 56 people bear this surname
Nankpah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 51 | 1:3,473,387 | 102,969 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
Nankpah (66) may also be a first name.
Nankpah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nankpah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nankpah is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nankpah? popularity and diffusion
Nankpah is the 2,580,327th most commonly used surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 130,134,748 people. The surname Nankpah is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nankpah reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most frequently occurring first name at a global level It is held by 66 people.
The surname Nankpah is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 51 people, or 1 in 3,473,387. In Nigeria Nankpah is most prevalent in: Plateau, where 82 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 10 percent are found and Ogun, where 6 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Liberia, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nankpa | 92 | 38 | / |
| Neankpa | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ngnankpa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nonkpaha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nangpa | 77 | 6 | / |
| Nankpo | 77 | 2 | / |
| Nonkpa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ngnankpai | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nongpah | 71 | 5 | / |
| Namkpea | 71 | 2 | / |
| Nangpay | 71 | 2 | / |
| Neangpa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ngnamkpa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nongpa | 62 | 16 | / |
| Nonkpo | 62 | 14 | / |
| Nangpo | 62 | 6 | / |
| Nongpoh | 57 | 298 | / |
| Ngongpa | 57 | 83 | / |
| Nounkpo | 57 | 16 | / |
| Ngangpo | 57 | 16 | / |
| Nomkpoh | 57 | 4 | / |
| Nongpho | 57 | 3 | / |
| Nongpas | 57 | 3 | / |
| Nongpad | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nongpai | 57 | 1 | / |
| Nongphod | 53 | 823 | / |
| Nongphot | 53 | 81 | / |
| Ngangpou | 53 | 3 | / |
| Hnongpad | 53 | 2 | / |
| N'Hounkpo | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Nankpah
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis