Ahiwa Surname

526,285th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 616 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Ahiwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ahiwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast3101:74,4234,125
Nigeria2561:691,96432,018
Cameroon421:494,50240,134
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
England21:27,859,030389,889
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Dominica11:75,891912
India11:767,065,3821,851,717

Ahiwa (357) may also be a first name.

Ahiwa Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ahiwa occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ahiwa.

How Common Is The Last Name Ahiwa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 526,285th most commonly held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 11,830,432 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Ahiwa are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 81 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 461,021st most commonly used first name on earth, held by 357 people.

This surname is most widespread in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 310 people, or 1 in 74,423. In The Ivory Coast Ahiwa is most prevalent in: Comoé District, where 64 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 22 percent reside and Zanzan District, where 10 percent reside. Excluding The Ivory Coast this surname is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 42 percent reside and Cameroon, where 7 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hahiwa912/
Ahiwoa912/
Ahuiwa911/
Aahiwad831/
Ahiwo80210/
Ohiwa8032/
Ahiva8019/
Ahewa8012/
Auiwa803/
Ehiwa801/
Ahioua73321/
Aiyewa7350/
Ahewad7343/
Ahibay7310/
Ahiwei738/
Hauiwa737/
Gahiva737/
Ahewat737/
Aujhwa732/
Ohiwah732/
Aheewa732/
Ahiwou732/
Aheway731/
Ahisua731/
Ayiewa731/
Ahibau731/
Ahewua731/
Haeiwa731/
Aewa6783/
Aahewad676/
Gahoywa674/
Eihgiwa671/
Hahoiba671/
Haiyewa671/
Hohoiwa671/
Houiwwa671/
Gahiova671/
Ohoiwai671/

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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 Ahiwa
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