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 borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Wanneh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,907,068th most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 76,711,010 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Wanneh live; 76 percent live in Central Africa and 76 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 885,979th most widespread given name throughout the world, held by 112 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 72 people, or 1 in 288,459. In Cameroon Wanneh is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 65 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 15 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 14 percent reside. Other than Cameroon Wanneh occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs 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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