Ahafia Surname
Approximately 347 people bear this surname
Ahafia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Ahafia (1,111) may also be a first name.
Ahafia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ahafia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ahafia occurs in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ahafia? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 806,178th most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 21,001,573 people. Ahafia is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ahafia live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ahafia is also the 239,289th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 1,111 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is borne by 346 people, or 1 in 78,094. Beside Ghana Ahafia is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
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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 Ahafia
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