Nchah Surname
Approximately 323 people bear this surname
Nchah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 320 | 1:64,903 | 8,239 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nchah (14) may also be a first name.
Nchah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nchah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nchah occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nchah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nchah is the 847,909th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 22,562,062 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Nchah live; 99 percent live in Central Africa and 99 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 14 people.
The last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 320 people, or 1 in 64,903. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: West Region, where 62 percent live, Northwest Region, where 23 percent live and Littoral Region, where 9 percent live. Barring Cameroon Nchah is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 0 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nchaah | 91 | 8 | / |
| Ncheah | 91 | 5 | / |
| Nchahe | 91 | 4 | / |
| Nchaha | 91 | 2 | / |
| N'Chah | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ncha | 89 | 4,064 | / |
| Nchai | 80 | 446 | / |
| N'Cha | 80 | 84 | / |
| Nchoh | 80 | 62 | / |
| Nchaa | 80 | 31 | / |
| Nchea | 80 | 19 | / |
| Nchad | 80 | 16 | / |
| Nchap | 80 | 13 | / |
| Nchau | 80 | 5 | / |
| Nchoa | 80 | 2 | / |
| Nncha | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nchay | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nchas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Nchat | 80 | 1 | / |
| N'Choh | 73 | 81 | / |
| Ncheih | 73 | 4 | / |
| Nchouh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Nchaai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nkhahe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nchoih | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nchast | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nnchho | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ncho | 67 | 1,122 | / |
| N'Chaud | 67 | 39 | / |
| Nkha | 67 | 29 | / |
| Nhha | 67 | 2 | / |
| N'Choth | 67 | 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
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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 Nchah
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