Nanmah Surname

4,206,983rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 22 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Liberia

Nanmah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nanmah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria211:8,435,369179,591
Liberia11:4,408,53547,110

Nanmah (39) may also be a first name.

Nanmah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nanmah has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nanmah? popularity and diffusion

Nanmah is the 4,206,983rd most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Nanmah are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nanmah is also the 1,637,361st most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 39 people.

The surname Nanmah is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 8,435,369. In Nigeria Nanmah is primarily found in: Plateau, where 67 percent live and Nasarawa, where 33 percent live. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It is also common in Liberia, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Naanmah921/
Gnanmah921/
Nanma9175/
Naanma8385/
Nanmma8331/
Nanmai839/
Gnanma836/
Neanma832/
Nnanma832/
Nganma831/
Nanmoh831/
N'Ganma7711/
Nnanmai7710/
Nammaah775/
Gnanmma774/
Naunmai772/
Naammah771/
Nammath771/
Nasinma771/
Nganmai771/
Namma734,047/
Nanmo7386/
Nonma7367/
Nammasch711/
Nonmai671,262/
Nganmo67537/
Nonmat67502/
Nammai67330/
Naumma67263/
Nanmou67137/
Nammat67121/
Nanmei6773/
Nnamma6762/
Gnonma6757/
Naamma6736/
Nammas6731/
Gnamma6717/
Nonmas677/
Nammad674/
Ngonma673/
Noonma671/
Nonmoh671/
Nanmuo671/
Neannemma671/
Nammma671/
Gnanmo671/
Nammay671/
Nammaj671/
Nanmot671/

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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 Nanmah
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