Danquah
surname · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
Danquah is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ghana than in any other country, where it is the 79th most common surname.
- GHGhana≈1 in 3.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 167K
- USUnited States1 in 942K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Ghana (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 180 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 941 (inferred from the name graph)
≈9,500 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Macao, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Danquah counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GH Ghana | #79 | ≈9,500 est. | ≈1 in 3.1K | 51K | Danquah | 76 |
| MO Macao | #154 | ≈650 est. | ≈1 in 941 | — | Danquah | 1 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈540 est. | ≈1 in 192K | — | Danquah | 4 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈390 est. | ≈1 in 167K | — | Danquah | 102 |
| US United States | — | 353 | 1 in 942K | 530 | Danquah | 180 |
| QA Qatar | — | ≈10 est. | ≈1 in 253K | — | Danquah | 4 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Ghana top-100 surnames (surnam.es); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Joseph Boakye Danquahb. 1895GHGhanaian politician and lawyer (1895-1965)
- Martin Appiah Danquahb. 1924GHGhanaian politician
- Emmanuel Baah Danquahb. 1961GHGhanaian politician
- Meri Nana-Ama Danquahb. 1967GHGhanaian-American writer
- Joe Danquahb. 1972GHGhanaian politician
- Ina Danquahb. 1982DEresearcher
- Ida Høgstedt DanquahDKresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 22 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GH Ghana | Ghana top-100 surnames (surnam.es) | — | 51K | #66 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 530 | #43,829 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 353 | #57,639 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 145 | #112,365 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- In which country does Danquah have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 9.5 thousand people named Danquah in Ghana, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled danquah.
- How common is the name Danquah?
- In the United States, the national register counted 353 people named Danquah in 2010, about 1 in 942 thousand residents.
- How common is Danquah compared with other names?
- In Ghana, Danquah is the 79th most common surname of 36,883 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Danquah” — the 79th most common surname in Ghana. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.