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 occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Wankeh? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,213,395th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Wankeh live; 50 percent live in Central Africa and 50 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 2,967,010. In Cameroon Wankeh is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 57 percent reside, Centre Region, where 14 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Cameroon it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Liberia, where 50 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
- 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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