Owusu-Appiah Surname
Approximately 1,407 people bear this surname
Owusu-Appiah Surname
For the meaning of this name, see: Owusu.
The meaning of this surname is not listed.
Owusu-Appiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1,385 | 1:19,510 | 2,432 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Owusu-Appiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Owusu-Appiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Owusu-Appiah is most common in Ghana. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Owusu-Appiah? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 275,753rd most commonly used family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 5,179,492 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Owusu-Appiah reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is held by 1,385 people, or 1 in 19,510. Without taking into account Ghana this surname exists in 7 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Owusuappiah | 96 | 2 | / |
| Owusu Appiah | 92 | 2 | / |
| Owusu-Appauh | 92 | 1 | / |
| Owuso-Appiah | 92 | 1 | / |
| Owusu-Baah | 82 | 7 | / |
| Owusu-Apau | 82 | 1 | / |
| Osei-Appiah | 78 | 7 | / |
| Ayesu-Appiah | 75 | 10 | / |
| Owusu Baah | 73 | 2 | / |
| Oseiappiah | 73 | 1 | / |
| Yusupiah | 70 | 11 | / |
| Osei Appiah | 70 | 1 | / |
| Owusu-Yeboah | 67 | 1,611 | / |
| Uspiah | 67 | 41 | / |
| Owusu-Bio | 67 | 11 | / |
| Owusu-Abeyie | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ossei-Appauh | 67 | 5 | / |
| Usapah | 67 | 4 | / |
| Usappa | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Owusu-Appiah
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