Wankah Surname
Approximately 188 people bear this surname
Wankah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 142 | 1:146,261 | 16,188 |
| Liberia | 41 | 1:107,525 | 8,436 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Wankah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wankah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Wankah occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Wankah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wankah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Wankah is the 1,235,409th most frequently occurring surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 38,763,542 people. The surname Wankah is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Wankah live; 76 percent live in Central Africa and 76 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 142 people, or 1 in 146,261. In Cameroon Wankah is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 61 percent reside, Centre Region, where 23 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Liberia, where 22 percent reside and The United States, where 2 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
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- 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 Wankah
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