Etsiwah Surname

616,129th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 500 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Etsiwah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Etsiwah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana4851:55,7135,980
Netherlands101:1,688,71881,846
England31:18,572,686338,250
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679

Etsiwah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Etsiwah is found in Ghana more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Etsiwah click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Etsiwah? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 616,129th most frequent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 14,575,092 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Etsiwah are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Etsiwah is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is borne by 485 people, or 1 in 55,713. Beside Ghana it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The Netherlands, where 2 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Otsiwah86977/
Itsiwa775/
Esaiwa775/
Esiwho775/
Otsiwa772/
Esibah771/
Esiwoh771/
Esiwai771/
Itsewah7120/
Getsiva7111/
Etsieva712/
Eshiway711/
Hesiswa711/
Etshiba711/
Esiebah711/
Geshiwa711/
Hatsiwa711/
Jetsiva711/
Esiba67134/
Isiwa67123/
Esiva6780/
Eziwa6711/
Esiwo6711/
Esewa678/
Etshiwot671/
Etsebajh671/
Gesaiwai671/

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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 Etsiwah
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