Ankiah Surname

699,651st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 421 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Trinidad and Tobago

Ankiah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ankiah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa3621:149,66216,988
Trinidad and Tobago201:68,1995,276
England141:3,979,861125,553
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Mauritius41:323,35410,053
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Ankiah (30) may also be a first name.

Ankiah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ankiah occurs in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ankiah.

How Common Is The Last Name Ankiah? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 699,651st most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 17,310,085 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 87 percent of Ankiah are found; 87 percent are found in Southern Africa and 86 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,911,214th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 30 people.

The surname Ankiah is most frequent in South Africa, where it is borne by 362 people, or 1 in 149,662. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 85 percent live, Gauteng, where 12 percent live and Western Cape, where 2 percent live. Beside South Africa this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Trinidad and Tobago, where 5 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.

Ankiah Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Ankiah earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 79.27% more than the national average, earning R 426,012 per year and in United States they earn 3.49% less than the national average, earning $41,643 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ankia91106/
Hankia8325/
Gankia835/
Enkiah833/
Angkia831/
Ankioh831/
Ankija831/
Ainkia831/
Engkiah777/
Anchiah775/
Hankiat772/
Angkiat771/
Atenkia771/
Ankeija771/
Hankija771/
Hankias771/
Ankya7359/
Ankio7314/
Enkia735/
Onkia733/
Hangkiho71199/
Achenkia711/
Aankaiya711/
Anchia674,044/
Anqiad67146/
Hankja6763/
Ankyaa6737/
Hankya6718/
Hankio6714/
Engkia676/
Einkia675/
Ongkia672/
Gankya671/
Gankio671/
Onkias671/
Amqiah671/
Gonkia671/
Hanqia671/

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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 Ankiah
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