Afosah Surname

695,980th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 424 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Afosah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Afosah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana4161:64,9546,785
England31:18,572,686338,250
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Afosah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Afosah Come From? nationality or country of origin

Afosah is found most frequently in Ghana. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Afosah? popularity and diffusion

The surname Afosah is the 695,980th most commonly used last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 17,187,608 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Afosah are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Afosah is most commonly occurring in Ghana, where it is carried by 416 people, or 1 in 64,954. Excluding Ghana it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Afosa9113/
Afosaa83278/
Hafosa8328/
Afosoh8321/
Afosho839/
Afosia836/
Afasah834/
Afousa832/
Afusah832/
Affosa831/
Afesah831/
Afosha831/
Afosat831/
Hafasah7730/
Afashah7711/
Afoussa771/
Hafesah771/
Affusah771/
Efosa733,640/
Afasa73310/
Afusa73250/
Afoso73102/
Afoja7348/
Afesa7325/
Afoca733/
Afoza732/
Ofosa731/
Affoussa718/
Hafoussa714/
Afesseah711/
Afoichah711/
Afuohsaa711/
Afusat67873/
Afasha67597/
Afasos67311/
Afusia6787/
Afocha6778/
Hafusa6748/
Hafasa6737/
Afessa6727/
Ofosia6725/
Afasad6722/
Afosco6716/
Aforza6711/
Gafasa6710/
Ofojah678/
Afasea676/
Afassa675/
Afasas675/
Afouza674/
Afasia674/
Afouso674/
Afasat674/
Afeesa674/
Afesha674/
Afajah674/
Afosso673/
Afotso672/
Affoso672/
Afusha672/
Hafesa672/
Gafusa671/
Afesoh671/
Aafasa671/
Afasaa671/
Afesaa671/
Hafoso671/
Apfasa671/
Afhesa671/
Afacha671/
Afuzah671/
Affasa671/
Affusa671/
Ofasah671/
Afatsa671/
Ofosha671/
Afooso671/
Hofosa671/
Efesah671/
Efhosa671/
Afusau671/
Afozay671/

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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 Afosah
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