Ah Why Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Ah Why Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 14 | 1:3,869,836 | 127,494 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
Ah Why Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ah Why Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ah Why is found in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ah Why? popularity and diffusion
It is the 5,057,639th most frequently held last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 485,836,394 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ah Why reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 93 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
This last name is most commonly occurring in South Africa, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 3,869,836. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Gauteng, where 50 percent are found, Eastern Cape, where 43 percent are found and Free State, where 7 percent are found. Beside South Africa Ah Why is found in one country. It is also common in Mauritius, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Ah Why
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