Owusu-Akyaw Surname

310,357th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,214 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Owusu-Akyaw Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Owusu.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Owusu-Akyaw 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
Ghana1,1781:22,9382,795
England191:2,932,529101,561
United States121:30,204,911765,334
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732

Owusu-Akyaw Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Owusu-Akyaw Come From? nationality or country of origin

Owusu-Akyaw is more frequently found in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Owusu-Akyaw? popularity and diffusion

The surname Owusu-Akyaw is the 310,357th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 6,002,921 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Owusu-Akyaw live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most commonly occurring in Ghana, where it is borne by 1,178 people, or 1 in 22,938. Apart from Ghana this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 1 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
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Owusu-Achaw8234/
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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 Owusu-Akyaw
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