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 has its highest incidence in The Ivory Coast. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ahiwa? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 526,285th most widespread surname globally It is held by around 1 in 11,830,432 people. The last name Ahiwa is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Ahiwa reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 461,021st most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 357 people.

This last name is most widespread in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 310 people, or 1 in 74,423. In The Ivory Coast Ahiwa is primarily concentrated in: Comoé District, where 64 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 22 percent reside and Zanzan District, where 10 percent reside. Beside The Ivory Coast this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found 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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