Sankah Surname
Approximately 1,312 people bear this surname
Sankah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1,247 | 1:21,669 | 2,663 |
| England | 25 | 1:2,228,722 | 84,230 |
| Liberia | 14 | 1:314,895 | 17,893 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| United States | 10 | 1:36,245,893 | 832,629 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Sankah (16) may also be a first name.
Sankah Demographics
Average Sankah Salary in
United States
$26,812 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sankah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sankah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sankah (Hindi: संकह) is held by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sankah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 291,587th most frequently occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,554,532 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Sankah reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most widely held given name throughout the world It is held by 16 people.
The last name Sankah is most widely held in Ghana, where it is held by 1,247 people, or 1 in 21,669. Not including Ghana this last name occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in England, where 2 percent live and Liberia, where 1 percent live.
Sankah Last Name Statistics demography
Sankah earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 37.86% less than the national average, earning $26,812 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sankah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sankah in the Hindi language | ||
| संकह | sankaha | - |
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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 Sankah
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