Temmah Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Temmah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Temmah (22) may also be a first name.
Temmah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Temmah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Temmah occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Temmah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Temmah is the 6,063,924th most commonly used surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. The last name Temmah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Temmah live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Temmah is also the 2,301,746th most frequently held forename internationally. It is borne by 22 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Temmah is most common in: Benue, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Temmah is found in 5 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 20 percent reside and Cameroon, where 10 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 Temmah
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