Tettegah Surname
Approximately 1,407 people bear this surname
Tettegah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1,385 | 1:19,510 | 2,432 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
Tettegah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Tettegah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Tettegah occurs more in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Tettegah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 275,753rd most numerous family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 5,179,492 people. Tettegah is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Tettegah reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is carried by 1,385 people, or 1 in 19,510. Excluding Ghana Tettegah exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
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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 Tettegah
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