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Pages in category "Surnames of African origin" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 381 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Lists of the most common surnames by continent: Lists of most common surnames in African countries; Lists of most common surnames in Asian countries; Lists of most common surnames in European countries; Lists of most common surnames in North American countries; Lists of most common surnames in Oceanian countries
Prefixes such as La/Le, Da/De, Ra/Re, or Ja/Je and suffixes such as -ique/iqua, -isha (for girls), -ari and -aun/awn (for boys) are common, as well as inventive spellings for common names. The book Baby Names Now: From Classic to Cool—The Very Last Word on First Names places the origins of "La" names in African-American culture in New Orleans ...
Cissé (or Cisse) is a common West African name of Mandinko origin. Daramy (surname) is a common surname among the Mandinka people of West Africa, and may refer to: Kabbah (surname) or Kabba is a common surname among the Mandinka people of West Africa, and may refer to: Mende language. Bockarie (surname) is a common surname among the Mende ...
Most day names among the Mole-Dagombas are usually given to girls, and few are given to both sexes. Most Ghanaians have at least one name from this system, even if they also have an Arabic or western name. Notable figures with day names include Ghana's first president Kwame Nkrumah and former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan.
In the olden days of Ashanti it was a disgrace if an Ashanti man was not able to name any child after his father and/or mother because that was the pride of every Ashanti household. [5] [6] Most of the ethnic-Ashanti family name (surname) given to boys could also be given to girls just by adding the letters "aa".
Popular baby names by decade and states—US Social Security Administration; Most common male, female first and last names—U.S. Census 1990; Top 200 most common US surnames; Top 1000 names, surnames occurring 100 or more times—US Census 2000; CMU AI Repository Names Corpus
A common Filipino name will consist of the given name (mostly 2 given names are given), the initial letter of the mother's maiden name and finally the father's surname (i.e. Lucy Anne C. de Guzman). Also, women are allowed to retain their maiden name or use both her and her husband's surname as a double-barreled surname , separated by a dash.