Names distinctive to Sierra Leone

The list of names unique to the Republic of Sierra Leone*

Female forenames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank

Male forenames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank

Surnames

NameUniqueness Prevalence rank
1. Kamara 47% 1.
2. Sesay 76% 2.
3. Koroma 84% 3.
4. Bangura 81% 4.
5. Conteh 64% 5.
6. Kargbo 86% 7.
7. Jalloh 69% 6.
8. Mansaray 83% 9.
9. Turay 77% 8.
10. Fofanah 84% 10.
11. Dumbuya 87% 11.
12. Kallon 83% 12.
13. Sankoh 80% 13.
14. Samura 70% 15.
15. Bockarie 92% 17.
16. Kabba 50% 14.
17. Swaray 83% 18.
18. Kabia 74% 19.
19. Massaquoi 38% 16.
20. Lahai 86% 21.
21. Tarawally 85% 23.
22. Kalokoh 89% 27.
23. Lebbie 85% 26.
24. Foday 77% 25.
25. Brima 72% 24.

Distinctive names in
the related** countries

CountrySimilarity
Liberia 22%
Gambia (the) 22%
New Zealand 20%
Australia 20%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the) 18%
Isle of Man 17%
Barbados 16%

*The rank of the unique name is the geometric average of the name uniqueness and the name prevalence in the respective country. Name uniqueness is measured only by the exact grapheme form (not taking into account transliterational equivalents or phonetic similarities).

** Country similarity is the correlation of the relative frequency of the names shared by two countries (as measured by cosine similarity).