# Appiah (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/appiah/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,643 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,239 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 187,916 people |
| Change since 2000 | +110% (784 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Appiah in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 2.6% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 93% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.9% |
| Two or more races | 1.8% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Appiah in the United Kingdom, Ghana and Australia.

## People named Appiah

- Kwesi Appiah, association football player (born 1990)
- Marietta Brew Appiah-Oppong, Attorney General of Ghana
- Kwabena Appiah-Kubi, Australian footballer

## Similar surnames

Abbey, Ayoub, Abe, Avey, Abbe, Aube.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.