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Amankwah Surname Meaning

West African (Ghana): from an Akan male personal name from aman ‘nation(s)’ + kwa ‘free’.

The final h in Ghanaian names like this is characteristic Anglicization.

Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022


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