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Most Common Surnames in Africa

Rank	Surname	Incidence	Frequency	Percent of Parent	Rank in Earth
1	Mohamed	7,471,689	1:154	61.56%	41
2	Ali	7,072,486	1:163	22.93%	13
3	Ahmed	6,878,864	1:167	42.88%	30
4	Ibrahim	6,404,769	1:180	75.73%	65
5	Mohammed	4,875,300	1:236	80.05%	96
6	Hassan	4,792,654	1:240	54.09%	60
7	Diallo	3,709,274	1:311	98.55%	149
8	Musa	3,675,008	1:313	93.18%	144
9	Abdullahi	3,038,728	1:379	99.77%	175
10	Abubakar	2,857,268	1:403	98.47%	184
11	Sani	2,502,290	1:460	95.48%	203
12	Traore	2,319,040	1:497	95.64%	219
13	Adamu	2,200,714	1:523	99.93%	245
14	Coulibaly	1,910,311	1:603	94.05%	264
15	Usman	1,905,778	1:604	78.36%	218
16	Umar	1,893,022	1:609	90.53%	256
17	Muhammad	1,789,777	1:644	30.57%	101
18	Osman	1,752,049	1:657	83.14%	254
19	Muhammed	1,748,665	1:659	95.95%	296
20	Ouedraogo	1,715,353	1:672	99.66%	306
21	John	1,659,902	1:694	74.06%	240
22	Camara	1,635,582	1:704	93.30%	302
23	Abdi	1,603,002	1:719	89.74%	298
24	Adam	1,588,651	1:725	81.44%	280
25	Yusuf	1,495,322	1:770	82.99%	297
26	Moussa	1,427,932	1:807	98.64%	356
27	Ilunga	1,374,314	1:838	99.91%	370
28	Aliyu	1,352,478	1:852	99.90%	376
29	Mahmoud	1,349,130	1:854	58.30%	224
30	Ngoy	1,333,520	1:864	99.56%	381
31	Garba	1,316,887	1:875	99.84%	389
32	Hussein	1,282,865	1:898	36.57%	161
33	Kone	1,275,854	1:903	87.80%	354
34	Omar	1,197,489	1:962	68.95%	304
35	Tesfaye	1,171,067	1:984	99.80%	438
36	Banda	1,144,371	1:1,007	90.72%	410
37	Juma	1,117,438	1:1,031	79.44%	364
38	Joseph	1,105,707	1:1,042	51.86%	251
39	Issa	1,095,420	1:1,052	94.40%	448
40	Bello	1,082,434	1:1,064	79.92%	375
41	Bah	1,062,750	1:1,084	97.86%	487
42	Sow	1,057,880	1:1,089	98.23%	493
43	Ouattara	1,051,370	1:1,096	90.32%	445
44	Sawadogo	1,041,713	1:1,106	99.82%	515
45	Deng	1,036,178	1:1,112	10.41%	50
46	Ismail	1,033,542	1:1,115	45.67%	235
47	Haruna	1,026,991	1:1,122	98.61%	518
48	Solomon	1,022,633	1:1,126	87.59%	442
49	Barry	1,001,351	1:1,150	87.84%	460
50	Phiri	996,149	1:1,156	99.78%	541
51	Diarra	964,247	1:1,195	97.90%	548
52	Ndiaye	960,475	1:1,199	98.17%	553
53	Toure	958,076	1:1,202	93.09%	526
54	Idris	945,969	1:1,218	87.53%	490
55	Emmanuel	922,905	1:1,248	96.38%	568
56	Said	913,877	1:1,261	79.83%	456
57	Getachew	899,691	1:1,280	99.83%	602
58	Keita	897,963	1:1,283	97.38%	589
59	Kasongo	895,296	1:1,287	99.89%	607
60	Abdou	887,743	1:1,298	99.26%	609
61	Cisse	877,568	1:1,313	94.98%	587
62	Saleh	868,361	1:1,327	32.34%	199
63	Yahaya	867,794	1:1,327	99.21%	618
64	Abdalla	865,233	1:1,331	94.45%	593
65	Manuel	862,847	1:1,335	80.46%	496
66	Peter	862,507	1:1,336	71.81%	428
67	Ba	854,247	1:1,348	64.69%	387
68	Abdallah	845,318	1:1,363	93.82%	604
69	Ahmad	843,940	1:1,365	8.69%	52
70	Samuel	842,596	1:1,367	86.87%	560
71	Tadesse	839,500	1:1,372	99.65%	644
72	Lawal	830,218	1:1,388	99.22%	649
73	Abebe	829,998	1:1,388	99.60%	653
74	Mahamat	828,734	1:1,390	99.46%	654
75	James	826,971	1:1,393	53.89%	344
76	Girma	825,826	1:1,395	99.74%	659
77	Yakubu	821,066	1:1,403	99.87%	666
78	Salah	814,458	1:1,414	81.65%	542
79	Kamara	808,880	1:1,424	97.60%	656
80	Diop	799,628	1:1,441	97.67%	669
81	Aminu	794,643	1:1,450	99.90%	684
82	Mustafa	755,292	1:1,525	52.87%	358
83	Isah	744,093	1:1,548	87.58%	638
84	Omer	712,651	1:1,616	89.89%	688
85	Dembele	701,223	1:1,643	98.24%	747
86	Sunday	696,347	1:1,654	99.24%	756
87	Saad	689,378	1:1,671	61.15%	464
88	Eze	687,300	1:1,676	99.61%	770
89	Domingos	680,715	1:1,692	73.10%	585
90	Salisu	680,127	1:1,694	99.96%	782
91	Isa	670,083	1:1,719	73.97%	598
92	Kebede	667,012	1:1,727	99.59%	792
93	Koffi	647,447	1:1,779	82.46%	696
94	Sylla	647,281	1:1,780	94.55%	776
95	Sidibe	646,953	1:1,781	96.08%	787
96	Bekele	639,909	1:1,800	99.63%	825
97	Suleiman	639,565	1:1,801	63.18%	534
98	Konate	634,908	1:1,814	93.34%	783
99	Akpan	633,221	1:1,819	99.70%	837
100	Francisco	621,891	1:1,852	59.33%	512
101	Hamza	616,846	1:1,867	64.22%	567
102	Kouassi	614,118	1:1,876	81.06%	713
103	António	605,945	1:1,901	94.22%	823
104	Amadi	600,555	1:1,918	99.34%	872
105	Shehu	593,699	1:1,940	97.08%	861
106	Bala	593,006	1:1,943	50.28%	434
107	Oumarou	591,869	1:1,946	99.91%	890
108	Balde	591,126	1:1,949	97.77%	871
109	Hailu	590,379	1:1,951	99.54%	887

110	Mostafa	587,850	1:1,960	53.63%	480
111	Alemayehu	587,695	1:1,960	99.80%	897
112	Daniel	587,126	1:1,962	64.86%	599
113	Dlamini	586,456	1:1,964	99.76%	900
114	Aden	578,562	1:1,991	98.07%	895
115	David	576,495	1:1,998	47.99%	427
116	Yao	572,218	1:2,013	8.67%	91
117	Otieno	571,663	1:2,015	99.73%	928
118	Moyo	569,502	1:2,023	98.66%	919
119	Mensah	569,282	1:2,024	97.64%	908
120	Adel	560,661	1:2,055	87.99%	833
121	Salem	558,979	1:2,061	50.54%	475
122	Gamal	557,621	1:2,066	88.76%	842
123	Taha	556,806	1:2,069	69.57%	681
124	Saidi	555,126	1:2,075	95.58%	912
125	Ndlovu	544,494	1:2,116	99.42%	973
126	Baba	542,597	1:2,123	62.72%	624
127	Banza	539,551	1:2,135	99.74%	982
128	Saeed	536,458	1:2,147	27.33%	273
129	Kouadio	535,838	1:2,150	81.38%	803
130	Umaru	535,427	1:2,151	99.94%	994
131	Amadou	534,882	1:2,154	99.34%	985
132	Adamou	533,421	1:2,160	99.20%	987
133	Fofana	533,345	1:2,160	90.05%	891
134	Alemu	532,889	1:2,162	99.70%	1,001
135	Paul	531,577	1:2,167	32.12%	320
136	Gomes	531,311	1:2,168	14.13%	150
137	da Silva	531,098	1:2,169	3.99%	36
138	Jean	530,225	1:2,173	40.45%	394
139	Abbas	528,829	1:2,178	18.31%	185
140	Kouame	526,631	1:2,187	81.17%	819
141	Charles	523,134	1:2,202	53.87%	557
142	Almaz	523,059	1:2,202	98.90%	1,010
143	Bashir	520,153	1:2,215	55.28%	578
144	Awad	518,738	1:2,221	49.52%	513
145	Pedro	518,381	1:2,222	83.85%	852
146	Kabore	517,699	1:2,225	99.62%	1,031
147	Mulu	515,917	1:2,233	99.65%	1,034
148	Farah	509,460	1:2,261	83.80%	867
149	Mekonnen	505,981	1:2,277	99.32%	1,054
150	Okafor	505,235	1:2,280	99.12%	1,053
151	Michael	505,025	1:2,281	72.21%	759
152	Abdo	504,397	1:2,284	57.33%	617
153	Teshome	503,246	1:2,289	99.83%	1,063
154	Kamal	501,647	1:2,296	49.99%	539
155	Mwangi	497,292	1:2,316	99.25%	1,066
156	Kouakou	489,597	1:2,353	82.62%	888
157	Genet	486,495	1:2,368	98.07%	1,079
158	Abera	480,556	1:2,397	99.71%	1,114
159	Simon	479,749	1:2,401	41.94%	457
160	Gueye	477,899	1:2,410	97.97%	1,100
161	Saidu	475,433	1:2,423	98.18%	1,110
162	Abba	473,659	1:2,432	96.76%	1,094
163	Diakite	468,123	1:2,461	95.99%	1,101
164	Mustapha	465,747	1:2,473	96.33%	1,112
165	Diouf	465,047	1:2,477	98.92%	1,135
166	Doumbia	462,468	1:2,491	91.09%	1,059
167	Ntumba	460,939	1:2,499	99.76%	1,158
168	dos Santos	460,530	1:2,501	5.75%	71
169	Khalil	456,602	1:2,523	34.81%	393
170	Mulugeta	455,602	1:2,528	99.82%	1,170
171	Mussa	452,126	1:2,548	98.19%	1,159
172	Salih	450,658	1:2,556	84.59%	1,005
173	Rabiu	449,858	1:2,561	99.90%	1,184
174	Maiga	449,295	1:2,564	99.22%	1,177
175	Fall	447,650	1:2,573	96.24%	1,150
176	Paulo	445,314	1:2,587	90.48%	1,090
177	Dauda	439,578	1:2,621	99.17%	1,203
178	Thomas	435,214	1:2,647	19.40%	239
179	Sayed	433,561	1:2,657	27.24%	332
180	Mujinga	433,030	1:2,660	99.96%	1,227
181	Sangare	431,867	1:2,667	93.08%	1,155
182	Yousif	431,694	1:2,668	86.42%	1,070
183	Moses	427,559	1:2,694	73.45%	911
184	Fernandes	426,796	1:2,699	18.89%	236
185	Sántos	426,010	1:2,704	61.84%	771
186	Langa	425,703	1:2,706	97.38%	1,218
187	Okeke	425,402	1:2,708	99.21%	1,239
188	Amin	424,774	1:2,712	26.43%	329
189	Konan	423,694	1:2,719	80.73%	1,023
190	Ngalula	423,309	1:2,721	99.87%	1,256
191	Hamadou	423,238	1:2,722	99.84%	1,255
192	Sulaiman	420,028	1:2,743	74.41%	944
193	Hamed	418,874	1:2,750	71.70%	905
194	Haile	417,773	1:2,757	97.39%	1,237
195	Ramadan	415,689	1:2,771	36.75%	461
196	Abakar	414,924	1:2,776	99.01%	1,274
197	Audu	414,306	1:2,780	99.83%	1,292
198	Ojo	414,271	1:2,781	97.34%	1,250
199	Elias	412,889	1:2,790	61.19%	785
200	Maina	412,879	1:2,790	97.72%	1,259

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