Wanneh Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Wanneh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 72 | 1:288,459 | 27,220 |
| Liberia | 16 | 1:275,533 | 16,331 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Wanneh (112) may also be a first name.
Wanneh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Wanneh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Wanneh is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Wanneh.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanneh? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,907,068th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Wanneh are found; 76 percent are found in Central Africa and 76 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Wanneh is also the 885,979th most numerous forename throughout the world, borne by 112 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 72 people, or 1 in 288,459. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 65 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 15 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 14 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Liberia, where 17 percent reside and Nigeria, where 6 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 Wanneh
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