Ofosu-Appiah Surname
Approximately 1,219 people bear this surname
Ofosu-Appiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1,178 | 1:22,938 | 2,795 |
| England | 21 | 1:2,653,241 | 94,788 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ofosu-Appiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ofosu-Appiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ofosu-Appiah is more commonly found in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ofosu-Appiah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 309,358th most widespread family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 5,978,299 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ofosu-Appiah live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most widely held in Ghana, where it is carried by 1,178 people, or 1 in 22,938. Barring Ghana this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ofosuappiah | 96 | 4 | / |
| Ofosu Appiah | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ofusu Appiah | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ofosu-Apea | 82 | 2 | / |
| Ofosuapea | 76 | 490 | / |
| Ofosu-Yeboah | 67 | 277 | / |
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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 Ofosu-Appiah
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