Appiah-Nkansah Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Appiah-Nkansah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Appiah-Nkansah Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana91:3,002,29911,581
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Mali11:16,969,0354,067

Appiah-Nkansah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Appiah-Nkansah Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Appiah-Nkansah is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Appiah-Nkansah? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 5,587,209th most frequently occurring last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. Appiah-Nkansah is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Appiah-Nkansah are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 75 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most widespread in Ghana, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 3,002,299. Outside of Ghana this surname exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 17 percent live and Mali, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
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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 Appiah-Nkansah
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