Koramoah Surname

414,602nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 840 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Koramoah Surname User-submission:

The surname Koramoah comes from okoramansan, which means 'governor of a group of people'. It comes from the words kora, which is calabash in the Akan dialect, and moa or amoa, which means 'enclosed'.

Koramoah 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
Ghana8311:32,5163,831
England61:9,286,343223,652
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Koramoah Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Koramoah comes from okoramansan, which means 'governor of a group of people'. It comes from the words kora, which is calabash in the Akan dialect, and moa or amoa, which means 'enclosed'.

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Koramoah Last Name Facts

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

Koramoah is most common in Ghana. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Koramoah? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 414,602nd most prevalent last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 8,675,650 people. Koramoah occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Koramoah are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most widespread in Ghana, where it is carried by 831 people, or 1 in 32,516. Beside Ghana Koramoah exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.

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
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Koramoa93358/
Karamoua754/
Karamoho751/
Karamaho751/
Koromohai713/
Karamao6725/
Karemoa671/
Qaramoa671/
Karemooa632/
Karamaou631/
Kaeromoau593/
Caramao53143/
Coremao532/
Carramao5091/
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