Amponsah Surname

5,300th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 106,863 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Amponsah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Amponsah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana104,3921:25926
United States8181:443,10438,071
England7941:70,1748,081
Egypt3051:301,42919,796
Canada1481:248,95723,668
Spain621:754,06531,946
Nigeria541:3,280,42199,135
Germany521:1,548,18292,602
South Africa491:1,105,66765,349
Belgium281:410,59442,948
Netherlands281:603,11352,179
Italy151:4,077,113105,022
Switzerland151:547,52838,365
Norway91:571,36544,190
Iceland81:47,5113,734
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
Ivory Coast61:3,845,20548,272
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Denmark61:940,78647,603
China61:227,886,92811,701
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Scotland51:1,070,76331,189
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Kuwait41:950,17418,811
Sierra Leone41:1,772,408958
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Liberia21:2,204,26840,131
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
France11:66,422,722504,397
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Amponsah (8,021) may also be a first name.

Amponsah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Amponsah occurs more in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Amponsah click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Amponsah? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,300th most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 68,195 people. The surname Amponsah is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Amponsah live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 70,967th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 8,021 people.

The surname Amponsah is most numerous in Ghana, where it is borne by 104,392 people, or 1 in 259. Excluding Ghana it exists in 49 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Amponsah Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Amponsah last name are 37.98% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 91.21% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Amponsah earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 39.91% more than the national average, earning R 332,484 per year; in United States they earn 7.61% less than the national average, earning $39,867 USD per year and in Canada they earn 25.62% less than the national average, earning $36,953 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Amponsaah944/
Amponnsah942/
Ampomnsah941/
Amponsa931,081/
Amponsaa88916/
Ampomsah8810/
Amponsha883/
Anponsah882/
Amponsoh881/
Ampansah881/
Emponsah881/
Ampomnsa881/
Ampansap753/
Anpomsah751/
Ampomsaa751/
Amphansap712/
Amphonchai6734/
Emponza672/
Hompoonsap672/
Ampoundjo5925/
Ampanchai595/
Amphanchai56103/
Empanso5357/
Hanphonchai539/

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Amponsah
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