Wankeh Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Wankeh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| Liberia | 7 | 1:629,791 | 27,063 |
Wankeh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wankeh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Wankeh is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wankeh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Wankeh is the 5,213,395th most frequent family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. Wankeh is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Wankeh live; 50 percent live in Central Africa and 50 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
Wankeh is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 7 people, or 1 in 2,967,010. In Cameroon it is mostly found in: Northwest Region, where 57 percent are found, Centre Region, where 14 percent are found and Littoral Region, where 14 percent are found. Other than Cameroon this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Liberia, where 50 percent are found.
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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 Wankeh
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