Vankpanah Surname
Approximately 138 people bear this surname
Vankpanah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 136 | 1:32,416 | 3,052 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
Vankpanah (15) may also be a first name.
Vankpanah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vankpanah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Vankpanah is carried by more people in Liberia than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Vankpanah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vankpanah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Vankpanah is the 1,511,557th most commonly used last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 52,808,304 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Vankpanah live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Anglo-West Africa. Vankpanah is also the 2,900,335th most commonly occurring forename worldwide It is held by 15 people.
The last name Vankpanah is most frequently occurring in Liberia, where it is borne by 136 people, or 1 in 32,416. In Liberia it is mostly found in: Lofa County, where 44 percent are found, Montserrado County, where 36 percent are found and Bong County, where 15 percent are found. Besides Liberia this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vankpannah | 95 | 18 | / |
| Vankpana | 94 | 51 | / |
| Vankpanna | 89 | 6 | / |
| Fahnkpanah | 84 | 1 | / |
| Phangphanga | 60 | 2 | / |
| Wankpenou | 56 | 1 | / |
| Phongpana | 56 | 1 | / |
| Phongphana | 53 | 230 | / |
| Wongphanat | 53 | 116 | / |
| Phongpanna | 53 | 3 | / |
| Phongpanas | 53 | 1 | / |
| Phongphanat | 50 | 462 | / |
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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 Vankpanah
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