This is the most common surname in each African country
Popular last names in Africa
On the African continent, as on the others, some names are shared by millions of people. Country by country, we will see which are the most common surnames in Africa. The source is World Population Review.
Kenya
Mwangi
Nigeria
Ibrahim
Photo: Gbenga Onalaja / Unsplash
Togo
Lawson
Madagascar
Rakotomalala
Picture: Gemmmm / Unsplash
Burundi
Nkurunziza
Botswana
Molefe
Algelia
Saidi
Photo: Ahmed El Amine Nakib / Unsplash
Morocco
Alaoui
Eswatini
Dlamini
Djibouti
Muhamed
Photo: Lesly Derksen / Unsplash
Sudan
Ahmed
Liberia
Kollie
Picture: Bethany Laird / Unsplash
Uganda
Akello
Burkina Faso
Quedraogo
Namibia
Johannes
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ilunga
Comoros
Muhammad
Cape Verde
Lopes
Egypt
Mohamed
Libya
Ali
Photo: Ahmed Almakhzanji / Unsplash
Angola
Manuel
Picture: Jorge Sá Pinheiro / Unsplash
Zambia
Phiri
Cameroon
Ngo
South Sudan
Deng
Guinea
Diallo
Niger
Abdou
Senegal
Ndiaye
Picture: Curioso Photography / Unsplash
Rwanda
Uwimana
Ghana
Mensah
Sierra Leone
Kamare
Tunisia
Trabelsi
Chad
Mahamat
Tanzania
Juma
Mali
Traore
Benin
Bio
South Africa
Nkosi
Ethiopia
Tesfaye
Congo-Brazzaville
Ngoma
Lesotho
Mohapi
Malawi
Banda
Mozambique
Langa
Ivory Coast
Kone
Seychelles
Hoareau
Picture: Hugh Whyte / Unsplash
Zimbabwe
Moyo
Gabon
Ndong
Mauritius
Beeharry
Eritrea
Ali
Guinea-Bissau
Gomes
Somalia
Ali
Equatorial Guinea
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