Ghanaian Last Name Generator

Akan, Ewe, Ga and northern family names

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Browse 500 Ghanaian surnames, most labelled by people: Akan names like Owusu, Boateng and Osei, Ewe names like Agbeko and Amegashie, Ga names like Lamptey and Quartey, northern names like Adongo and Ziblim, and coastal family names such as Bannerman and Vanderpuije.

About Ghanaian last names

A Ghanaian surname usually points to one of the country's peoples, so most entries carry a label. Akan, the largest share, covers Asante, Akyem, Akuapem, Bono and Kwahu families with names such as Owusu, Boateng, Osei and Appiah. The Fante and Nzema of the coast are Akan peoples whose surnames look different (Quansah, Ghartey, Yankey), so they keep their own label. Ewe surnames from the Volta Region often open with Agbe-, Ame- or Dz-: Agbeko, Amegashie, Dzokoto. Ga families of Accra give Lamptey, Quartey and Nortey, the Dangme give Narh and Puplampu, and the north adds Dagomba, Gonja, Frafra, Kusasi and Dagaaba names like Ziblim, Jinapor, Adongo and Tengan.

Some names carry no label. Mensah, Adjei and Tetteh are borne by families of more than one people, northern families often use a Muslim given name such as Mahama or Iddrisu as the surname, and coastal trading families are called Bannerman, Vanderpuije or Reindorf.

Two things are left out. Akan day names such as Kofi and Ama are given names, even where a family now carries one as a surname, and feminine forms such as Boatemaa or Serwaa are personal names. The list was not checked by speakers of these languages, so confirm a label before you rely on it.

How to choose Ghanaian last names

For an entry with parentheses, use the part before them: Boateng, not Boateng (Akan). The label only says which people the surname is best known among.
Pair the surname with a given name from the same people. An Akan day name such as Kwame or Akosua goes with Boateng or Owusu, an Ewe name such as Selorm or Dzifa with Agbeko or Amegashie, and Nii or Naa with a Ga surname such as Quartey or Laryea.
Double surnames are common in Ghana and usually join two family lines. Build one from two entries of the same people, such as Owusu-Ansah or Adu-Gyamfi.
Expect other spellings of the same name. Agyeman and Agyemang, Acheampong and Akyeampong, Kuffour and Kufuor are one surname each, and the list keeps a single spelling.
If the name is for a published book or a business, search it yourself first. These are the surnames of living families, and many are shared by thousands of people.

Frequently asked questions

What are the most common last names in Ghana?

Mensah is usually named as the most common, and Owusu, Boateng, Osei, Appiah, Asante, Agyeman and Opoku are everywhere in the Akan south. Tetteh and Lamptey are everyday names around Accra, and Mahama, Alhassan and Iddrisu in the north. All of them are in the list.

Are Kofi, Kwame and Ama last names?

No. They are Akan day names, given for the day of the week a child is born: Kofi for a boy born on Friday, Kwame for a boy born on Saturday, Ama for a girl born on Saturday. Some families now carry a day name as a surname, which is how anglicised forms like Cudjoe and Quarshie arose, but the day names themselves belong on a first-name list and are left out here.

Why do some Ghanaian surnames sound Dutch, Danish or English?

The coast traded with Europeans for centuries, and families descended from European traders and their Ga, Fante or Ewe wives kept the trader's surname. Vanderpuije, Bartels and Vroom go back to the Dutch, Reindorf, Quist, Lutterodt and Richter to the Danes around Osu, and Bannerman and Brew to traders from Britain and Ireland. Fante families also coined English-looking surnames such as Blankson, Yankson and Koomson.

How reliable are the labels?

Treat them as a first guide. The list was de-duplicated and screened for filler, and it was not checked by speakers of Akan, Ewe, Ga or the northern languages. A label was added only where a surname is widely tied to one people, and marriage, migration and adoption mean that any family can be an exception.

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All 500 Ghanaian last names

This is the complete list the generator above draws its random batches from, sorted A to Z and grouped by first letter.

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A: 156 names

Abaidoo (Fante)
Abanga
Abban (Fante)
Abbey (Ga)
Abdulai
Aboagye (Akan)
Abugri (Kusasi)
Abukari
Acheampong (Akan)
Ackah (Nzema)
Ackon (Fante)
Acquah (Fante)
Acquaye (Ga)
Adda
Addai (Akan)
Addo
Addy (Ga)
Adjei
Adjetey (Ga)
Adjorlolo (Ewe)
Adomako (Akan)
Adongo (Frafra)
Adu (Akan)
Aduko (Frafra)
Adusei (Akan)
Afful (Fante)
Afrane (Akan)
Afrifa (Akan)
Afriyie (Akan)
Agana
Agbeko (Ewe)
Agbemava (Ewe)
Agbenu (Ewe)
Agbenyega (Ewe)
Agbenyo (Ewe)
Agbleze (Ewe)
Agbodza (Ewe)
Agboka (Ewe)
Agbozo (Ewe)
Aggrey (Fante)
Agyapong (Akan)
Agyekum (Akan)
Agyeman (Akan)
Aheto (Ewe)
Ahiable (Ewe)
Ahiabor (Ewe)
Ahiadorme (Ewe)
Ahiagbede (Ewe)
Ahlijah (Ewe)
Aidoo (Fante)
Aikins (Fante)
Akakpo (Ewe)

A, continued

Aklorbortu (Ewe)
Akolgo (Frafra)
Akomeah (Akan)
Akorli (Ewe)
Akoto (Akan)
Akpabli (Ewe)
Akpalu (Ewe)
Akparibo (Kusasi)
Akrong (Ga)
Akuetteh (Ga)
Akuffo (Akan)
Akurugu (Frafra)
Akwei (Ga)
Alhassan
Allotey (Ga)
Alorvor (Ewe)
Amadu
Amankwah (Akan)
Amanor (Dangme)
Amarteifio (Ga)
Amartey (Ga)
Amedor (Ewe)
Amegah (Ewe)
Amegashie (Ewe)
Amegatcher (Ewe)
Amekudzi (Ewe)
Amenuvor (Ewe)
Amenyo (Ewe)
Amevor (Ewe)
Amewu (Ewe)
Amihere (Nzema)
Amissah (Fante)
Ammah (Ga)
Amoah (Akan)
Amoako (Akan)
Amoateng (Akan)
Amofa (Akan)
Ampadu (Akan)
Ampiah (Fante)
Ampofo (Akan)
Ampomah (Akan)
Ampong (Akan)
Amponsah (Akan)
Amuzu (Ewe)
Anaba
Anaman (Fante)
Anang (Ga)
Andoh (Fante)
Angmor (Dangme)
Anim (Akan)
Ankomah (Akan)
Ankrah (Ga)

A, continued

Anku (Ewe)
Annan (Fante)
Anokye (Akan)
Ansah (Akan)
Antwi (Akan)
Anyidoho (Ewe)
Apaak
Apaloo (Ewe)
Appiah (Akan)
Arhin (Fante)
Arkorful (Fante)
Armah
Aryee (Ga)
Aryeetey (Ga)
Asamoah (Akan)
Asante (Akan)
Asare (Akan)
Ashiagbor (Ewe)
Ashitey (Ga)
Ashong (Ga)
Asiamah (Akan)
Asiedu (Akan)
Asigri (Kusasi)
Atanga (Frafra)
Atinga (Frafra)
Atta
Attipoe (Ewe)
Attoh (Ga)
Atubiga (Frafra)
Atuguba
Avevor (Ewe)
Avoka (Kusasi)
Avorgbedor (Ewe)
Avornyo (Ewe)
Awadzi (Ewe)
Awedoba
Awini (Kusasi)
Awoonor (Ewe)
Awuah (Akan)
Awuni (Frafra)
Ayambire (Frafra)
Ayamga (Frafra)
Ayariga (Kusasi)
Ayensu (Fante)
Ayertey (Dangme)
Ayine (Frafra)
Ayittey (Ga)
Ayivor (Ewe)
Azasu (Ewe)
Azongo (Frafra)
Azu (Dangme)
Azure (Frafra)

B: 35 names

Baah (Akan)
Badu (Akan)
Baffoe (Akan)
Bagbin (Dagaaba)
Baiden (Fante)
Baidoo (Fante)
Bannerman
Bansah (Ewe)
Bartels
Bawa
Bayor (Dagaaba)
Bayuo (Dagaaba)
Bediako (Akan)
Bekoe (Akan)
Bentil (Fante)
Biney (Fante)
Blankson (Fante)
Blay (Nzema)
Boadi (Akan)
Boadu (Akan)
Boafo (Akan)
Boahen (Akan)
Boakye (Akan)
Boamah (Akan)
Boateng (Akan)
Bondzie (Fante)
Bonsu (Akan)
Borquaye (Ga)
Botchway
Botwe (Fante)
Braimah
Brew
Brobbey (Akan)
Bruce
Bugri

C: 4 names

Clottey (Ga)
Commey (Ga)
Crentsil (Fante)
Cudjoe

D: 41 names

Dabuo (Dagaaba)
Dadson (Fante)
Dadzie (Fante)
Dake (Ewe)
Dakura
Danku (Ewe)
Dankwa (Akan)
Danso (Akan)
Dapaah (Akan)
Darko (Akan)
Dawuni (Dagomba)
De Veer
Deku (Ewe)
Demanya (Ewe)
Der (Dagaaba)
Dery (Dagaaba)
Dimbie
Djaba (Dangme)
Djangmah (Dangme)
Dodoo (Ga)
Doe (Ewe)
Dogbe (Ewe)
Doku (Ga)
Dokurugu (Dagomba)
Donkor (Akan)
Dorkenoo (Ewe)
Dotse (Ewe)
Dovlo (Ewe)
Dowuona (Ga)
Dramani
Duah (Akan)
Dugbartey (Dangme)
Duodu (Akan)
Duut
Dzakpasu (Ewe)
Dzansi (Ewe)
Dzidzienyo (Ewe)
Dzikunu (Ewe)
Dziwornu (Ewe)
Dzokoto (Ewe)
Dzudzor (Ewe)

E: 12 names

Edusei (Akan)
Egyir (Fante)
Eklu (Ewe)
Enchill (Fante)
Engmann
Erzuah (Nzema)
Eshun (Fante)
Essandoh (Fante)
Essel (Fante)
Essuman (Fante)
Ewuntomah (Gonja)
Ewusi (Fante)

F: 8 names

Fiagbe (Ewe)
Fianu (Ewe)
Fiawoo (Ewe)
Fordjour (Akan)
Forson (Fante)
Frimpong (Akan)
Fuseini
Fynn

G: 11 names

Gadzekpo (Ewe)
Gakpo (Ewe)
Gbadago (Ewe)
Gbedemah (Ewe)
Gbeho (Ewe)
Ghartey (Fante)
Gomda (Dagomba)
Gyamfi (Akan)
Gyan (Akan)
Gyasi (Akan)
Gyimah (Akan)

H: 6 names

Hagan (Fante)
Haruna
Hayford
Hesse
Honu (Ewe)
Hutchful (Fante)

I: 4 names

Iddrisu
Imoro
Issah
Issahaku

J: 2 names

Jawula (Gonja)
Jinapor (Gonja)

K: 33 names

Kanton
Karikari (Akan)
Kisseih (Dangme)
Kludze (Ewe)
Klutse (Ewe)
Kokoroko (Ewe)
Kombat
Koney (Ga)
Konlan
Koomson (Fante)
Koranteng (Akan)
Korletey (Dangme)
Kotey (Ga)
Kpakpo (Ga)
Kpeglo (Ewe)
Kpodo (Ewe)
Kudadjie (Dangme)
Kuffour (Akan)
Kugblenu (Ewe)
Kumi (Akan)
Kumordzi (Ewe)
Kunateh
Kunbuor (Dagaaba)
Kuranchie (Fante)
Kusi (Akan)
Kuupole (Dagaaba)
Kwakye (Akan)
Kwarteng (Akan)
Kwawukume (Ewe)
Kwofie (Fante)
Kyei (Akan)
Kyerematen (Akan)
Kyeremeh (Akan)

L: 13 names

Laar
Ladzekpo (Ewe)
Lamptey (Ga)
Lansah
Larbi (Akan)
Lartey (Ga)
Larweh (Dangme)
Laryea (Ga)
Lobnibe (Dagaaba)
Lokko (Ga)
Lomotey (Ga)
Lotsu (Ewe)
Lutterodt

M: 12 names

Mahama
Manu (Akan)
Marfo (Akan)
Mbema (Gonja)
Mends
Mensah
Mettle (Ga)
Mills
Mingle (Ga)
Mireku (Akan)
Mumuni
Musah

N: 25 names

Naah (Dagaaba)
Nantogmah (Dagomba)
Narh (Dangme)
Nartey (Dangme)
Ndebugre (Kusasi)
Neequaye (Ga)
Nikoi (Ga)
Nkansah (Akan)
Nketia (Akan)
Nkrumah (Akan)
Nortey (Ga)
Nsiah (Akan)
Nsoh (Frafra)
Nti (Akan)
Ntim (Akan)
Ntow (Akan)
Nukunya (Ewe)
Nunoo (Ga)
Nutakor (Ewe)
Nutsugah (Ewe)
Nyaaba (Frafra)
Nyaho (Ewe)
Nyantakyi (Akan)
Nyarko (Akan)
Nyavor (Ewe)

O: 39 names

Obeng (Akan)
Oblitey (Ga)
Ocansey (Dangme)
Ocloo (Ewe)
Ocquaye (Ga)
Ocran (Fante)
Odai (Ga)
Odame (Akan)
Odartey (Ga)
Oddoye (Ga)
Odjidja (Dangme)
Odoi (Ga)
Odonkor (Dangme)
Odoom (Fante)
Odotei (Ga)
Oduro (Akan)
Ofoe (Dangme)
Ofori (Akan)
Ofosu (Akan)
Ohene (Akan)
Okai (Ga)
Okantey (Ga)
Okine (Ga)
Okoe (Ga)
Okyere (Akan)
Ollennu (Ga)
Omaboe (Ga)
Opare (Akan)
Opoku (Akan)
Oppong (Akan)
Osabutey (Dangme)
Osafo (Akan)
Osei (Akan)
Otabil (Fante)
Oteng (Akan)
Otoo
Owoo (Ga)
Owusu (Akan)
Oyortey (Dangme)

P: 10 names

Padi (Dangme)
Paintsil (Fante)
Pappoe (Ga)
Pelpuo
Peprah (Akan)
Plange
Prempeh (Akan)
Provencal
Puozaa (Dagaaba)
Puplampu (Dangme)

Q: 12 names

Quagraine (Fante)
Quaicoe (Fante)
Quainoo (Fante)
Quansah (Fante)
Quarcoo (Ga)
Quarcoopome (Ga)
Quarshie
Quartey (Ga)
Quashigah (Ewe)
Quaye (Ga)
Quaynor (Ga)
Quist

R: 3 names

Reindorf
Richter
Rockson (Fante)

S: 23 names

Sackey
Sackitey (Dangme)
Sai (Ga)
Sakara (Gonja)
Sakyi (Akan)
Salifu
Sarbah (Fante)
Sarfo (Akan)
Sarkodie (Akan)
Sarpong (Akan)
Segbefia (Ewe)
Seidu
Sekyere (Akan)
Senaya (Ewe)
Sey (Fante)
Soale (Gonja)
Sokpor (Ewe)
Songsore (Dagaaba)
Sowah (Ga)
Sulemana
Sumani
Svanikier
Swanzy

T: 22 names

Tackie (Ga)
Tagoe (Ga)
Takyi (Akan)
Tamakloe (Ewe)
Tawiah
Tay (Ewe)
Tedam
Tengan (Dagaaba)
Tengey (Ewe)
Terkper (Dangme)
Tetteh
Teye (Dangme)
Tia
Torgbor (Ga)
Torto (Ga)
Tsegah (Ewe)
Tsikata (Ewe)
Tuffour (Akan)
Turkson (Fante)
Tuurosong (Dagaaba)
Twum (Akan)
Twumasi (Akan)

U: 1 name

Ulzen

V: 3 names

Van Lare
Vanderpuije
Vroom

W: 10 names

Welbeck
Wellington
Wemegah (Ewe)
Wiafe (Akan)
Wiredu (Akan)
Woode (Fante)
Woyome (Ewe)
Wulff
Wumbei (Dagomba)
Wuni

Y: 11 names

Yahaya
Yakubu
Yamoah (Akan)
Yankey (Nzema)
Yankson (Fante)
Yawson (Fante)
Yeboah (Akan)
Yemoh (Ga)
Yiadom (Akan)
Yidana
Yussif

Z: 4 names

Zakaria
Ziblim (Dagomba)
Zigah (Ewe)
Zormelo (Ewe)