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Surname & clanUnisex

Ansah

/ahn-sah/

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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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