Achah Surname
Approximately 661 people bear this surname
Achah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 602 | 1:34,500 | 4,643 |
| Niger | 20 | 1:959,601 | 21,357 |
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 1:2,307,123 | 39,352 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Mauritania | 3 | 1:1,364,954 | 27,355 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Achah (63) may also be a first name.
Achah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Achah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Achah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺷﺎﻩ) is found in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Achah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 498,439th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 11,025,032 people. Achah is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Achah live; 91 percent live in Central Africa and 91 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Achah is also the 1,234,572nd most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 63 people.
It is most widely held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 602 people, or 1 in 34,500. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 76 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 23 percent are found and West Region, where 0 percent are found. Other than Cameroon Achah occurs in 12 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 3 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Achah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Achah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺷﺎﻩ | ashah | 50 |
| ﺇﻳﺸﺎﻩ | ayshah | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Achah
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