Sanmah Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Sanmah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 20 | 1:220,427 | 14,169 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
Sanmah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sanmah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sanmah occurs more in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sanmah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sanmah is the 4,206,983rd most widely held family name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name Sanmah is predominantly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Sanmah live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Anglo-West Africa.
This last name is most common in Liberia, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 220,427. In Liberia Sanmah is primarily concentrated in: Montserrado County, where 50 percent are found, Grand Cape Mount County, where 45 percent are found and Grand Bassa County, where 5 percent are found. Not including Liberia Sanmah is found in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 9 percent are found.
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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 Sanmah
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