Amanfo Surname

82,436th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,879 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Amanfo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amanfo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana5,4031:5,001704
Nigeria2681:660,98030,902
United States931:3,897,408212,857
England391:1,428,66862,556
Ivory Coast241:961,30123,927
Netherlands91:1,876,35385,467
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
France81:8,302,840321,660
Italy61:10,192,781121,657
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Togo11:7,247,76812,049
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Chad11:13,592,19913,092
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Amanfo (1,358) may also be a first name.

Amanfo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Amanfo is found most frequently in Ghana. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Amanfo click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Amanfo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 82,436th most prevalent surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 1,239,589 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Amanfo live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 212,798th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 1,358 people.

The last name Amanfo is most frequent in Ghana, where it is carried by 5,403 people, or 1 in 5,001. Aside from Ghana it is found in 23 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 5 percent are found and The United States, where 2 percent are found.

Amanfo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Amanfo surname are 11.06% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 64.29% being registered to vote for the political party.

Amanfo earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.58% less than the national average, earning $41,603 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Amanfoh9278/
Amanfou9220/
Amanffou866/
Amonfo8310/
Emanfo8310/
Amamfo832/
Amanfa832/
Amanvoh771/
Emanfoh771/
Huomanfo7124/
Omonfo679/
Amamfa671/
Omonfoh6213/
Ammonphot531/
Omonfa501/

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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 Amanfo
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