Nansah Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Nansah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 53 | 1:3,342,316 | 100,395 |
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Nansah (138) may also be a first name.
Nansah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nansah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nansah occurs most in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. For other possible spellings of Nansah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nansah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,061,309th most widely held surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 65 percent of Nansah live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nansah is also the 787,636th most prevalent forename globally, held by 138 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 53 people, or 1 in 3,342,316. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Plateau, where 79 percent reside, Niger, where 17 percent reside and Kano, where 2 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 35 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Nansah
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