Amoafo Surname

99,190th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,775 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Amoafo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amoafo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana4,6411:5,822805
Australia531:509,35338,491
England341:1,638,76668,634
United States231:15,759,084542,937
New Zealand61:754,72041,661
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Mauritius21:646,70813,517
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Amoafo (229) may also be a first name.

Amoafo Last Name Facts

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

The last name Amoafo occurs more in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Amoafo? popularity and diffusion

The surname Amoafo is the 99,190th most commonly occurring last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,526,188 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Amoafo are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 593,349th most frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 229 people.

The surname Amoafo is most widespread in Ghana, where it is carried by 4,641 people, or 1 in 5,822. Apart from Ghana this surname exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Amoafo Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Amoafo are 3.91% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 57.14% being registered to vote for the party.

Amoafo earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 33.84% more than the national average, earning $57,750 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Amoafoa92347/
Amouafo923/
Amoaffo921/
Amoafoh921/
Amouaffo861/
Omogiafo7162/
Omojiafo711/
Omoijafoh6715/
Omoafa672/
Omojiafoh671/

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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 Amoafo
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