Ahiwo Surname
Approximately 210 people bear this surname
Ahiwo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | 192 | 1:95,584 | 3,081 |
| Ivory Coast | 18 | 1:1,281,735 | 28,562 |
Ahiwo (14) may also be a first name.
Ahiwo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ahiwo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ahiwo occurs more in Burkina Faso more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ahiwo? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ahiwo is the 1,144,405th most widespread surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 34,702,600 people. The surname Ahiwo is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Ahiwo reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 14 people.
This surname is most widespread in Burkina Faso, where it is carried by 192 people, or 1 in 95,584. In Burkina Faso Ahiwo is mostly concentrated in: Centre-Sud Region, where 99 percent live and Centre Region, where 1 percent live. Excluding Burkina Faso Ahiwo is found in one country. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 9 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
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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
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