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 last name Achah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺷﺎﻩ) occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Achah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 498,439th most prevalent surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 11,025,032 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Achah reside; 91 percent reside in Central Africa and 91 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,234,572nd most common first name at a global level. It is borne by 63 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 602 people, or 1 in 34,500. In Cameroon Achah is most common in: Northwest Region, where 76 percent live, Southwest Region, where 23 percent live and West Region, where 0 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 3 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent live.
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
- 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 Achah
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