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 surname Nankpah occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nankpah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,580,327th most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 130,134,748 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nankpah reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nankpah is also the 1,201,840th most widely held first name at a global level It is held by 66 people.
Nankpah is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 51 people, or 1 in 3,473,387. In Nigeria Nankpah is mostly found in: Plateau, where 82 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 10 percent reside and Ogun, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in Liberia, where 9 percent reside.
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