Akwah Surname
Approximately 724 people bear this surname
Akwah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Nigeria | 193 | 1:917,838 | 39,641 |
| Cameroon | 131 | 1:158,543 | 17,246 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| Philippines | 16 | 1:6,327,389 | 184,366 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Akwah (18) may also be a first name.
Akwah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akwah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akwah occurs more in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Akwah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akwah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 465,182nd most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 10,065,671 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Akwah are found; 74 percent are found in West Africa and 74 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akwah is also the 2,608,198th most numerous forename on earth, borne by 18 people.
The surname Akwah is most commonly held in Ghana, where it is carried by 346 people, or 1 in 78,094. Excluding Ghana Akwah is found in 10 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 27 percent are found and Cameroon, where 18 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
- 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 Akwah
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