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Surname & clanUnisexAI-aggregated

Ansah

/ahn-sah/

Meaning

fifth-born

Ansah is an Akan surname that signifies the birth order of the child, with the fifth position being considered special and symbolic of good fortune.

Who carries it

🇬🇭 🇨🇮Akan (Asante, Fante and kin)

Provenance

  • generated: 2026-07-04
  • source: LLM aggregation pipeline (llama-3.3-70b-versatile via Groq, 2026-07-04); unverified, awaiting community affirmation.

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