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) is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Achah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 498,439th most frequently occurring family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 11,025,032 people. The surname Achah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Achah reside; 91 percent reside in Central Africa and 91 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Achah is also the 1,234,572nd most commonly held first name worldwide, held by 63 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 602 people, or 1 in 34,500. In Cameroon it is most common in: Northwest Region, where 76 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 23 percent reside and West Region, where 0 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon it occurs in 12 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 3 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 2 percent reside.
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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