Appiah Surname
Approximately 249,775 people bear this surname
Appiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 241,480 | 1:112 | 5 |
| United States | 1,999 | 1:181,320 | 18,109 |
| England | 1,990 | 1:27,999 | 3,789 |
| Egypt | 854 | 1:107,653 | 8,985 |
| Mauritius | 520 | 1:2,487 | 416 |
| Nigeria | 453 | 1:391,044 | 20,612 |
| Canada | 362 | 1:101,783 | 11,046 |
| Ivory Coast | 354 | 1:65,173 | 3,743 |
| Germany | 202 | 1:398,542 | 36,874 |
| Spain | 202 | 1:231,446 | 15,208 |
| France | 181 | 1:366,976 | 54,730 |
| Morocco | 170 | 1:202,801 | 34,956 |
| South Africa | 169 | 1:320,578 | 30,241 |
| Netherlands | 117 | 1:144,335 | 21,873 |
| Belgium | 105 | 1:109,492 | 16,366 |
| Switzerland | 64 | 1:128,327 | 12,782 |
| Guyana | 46 | 1:16,570 | 2,185 |
| Italy | 45 | 1:1,359,038 | 78,318 |
| Australia | 43 | 1:627,807 | 44,139 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| Denmark | 29 | 1:194,645 | 16,083 |
| Liberia | 29 | 1:152,018 | 10,911 |
| India | 25 | 1:30,682,615 | 377,978 |
| Iceland | 25 | 1:15,204 | 1,298 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Scotland | 22 | 1:243,355 | 12,191 |
| China | 19 | 1:71,964,293 | 3,948 |
| Norway | 18 | 1:285,683 | 29,080 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Jamaica | 13 | 1:220,765 | 6,223 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Gambia | 9 | 1:213,717 | 372 |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 1:1,018,030 | 36,884 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Burkina Faso | 8 | 1:2,294,012 | 16,398 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Northern Ireland | 7 | 1:263,577 | 11,625 |
| Finland | 6 | 1:916,117 | 41,832 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Czechia | 5 | 1:2,126,694 | 115,412 |
| Japan | 5 | 1:25,568,859 | 50,629 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Swaziland | 4 | 1:324,550 | 996 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Austria | 4 | 1:2,128,859 | 91,203 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Venezuela | 2 | 1:15,102,038 | 69,873 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| El Salvador | 1 | 1:6,343,888 | 8,415 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
Appiah (16,886) may also be a first name.
Appiah Demographics
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Appiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Appiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Appiah occurs more in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Appiah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Appiah is the 2,197th most commonly occurring family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 29,176 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Appiah are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 42,723rd most numerous first name world-wide It is held by 16,886 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is borne by 241,480 people, or 1 in 112. Outside of Ghana this surname is found in 85 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Appiah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Appiah has changed through the years. In Scotland the number of people carrying the Appiah last name increased 2,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Appiah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Appiah surname are 41.04% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 94.27% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Appiah earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 15.19% less than the national average, earning 293,498 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 116.72% more than the national average, earning R 515,004 per year; in United States they earn 6.42% more than the national average, earning $45,920 USD per year and in Canada they earn 10.65% less than the national average, earning $44,393 CAD per year.
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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
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