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
Vankpanah is most common in Liberia. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Vankpanah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Vankpanah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Vankpanah is the 1,511,557th most frequently used family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 52,808,304 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Vankpanah are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently occurring first name on earth, borne by 15 people.
The surname Vankpanah is most frequently used in Liberia, where it is held by 136 people, or 1 in 32,416. In Liberia Vankpanah is most prevalent in: Lofa County, where 44 percent reside, Montserrado County, where 36 percent reside and Bong County, where 15 percent reside. Besides Liberia it is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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