Hammond, Vanderpuije, and 20 popular Ghanaian surnames with European origins
One of the more permanent leftovers of Europeans coming to Africa over 500 years ago is the fact that they left us with their names and over the years, we have come to believe it is our own.
There is no place in Africa where European colonization was more felt than in West Africa and close to a century since they left, their foot and fingerprints are all over our societies and identities.
In the aspect of names, Ghanaians have close to 50 surnames that have European origins. But of course, not all of them are popular, and those that even are, are popular among the peoples of the coast.
As follows are 22 very popular Ghanaian surnames that are actually leftovers from European domination in the Gold Coast.
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1. Nelson – British
Popular everywhere in Ghana, except probably the north.
2. Thompson (Thomson, a variation) – British
Popular among the Ga and Fante.
3. Lutterodt – Dutch
Popular among the Ga.
4. Vanderpuije (Vanderpuye, a variation) – Dutch
Popular among the Ga
5. Swanikker (Svanikker, a variation) – Swedish
Popular among the Ga.
6. McCarthy – British
Popular among the Ga.
7. Wellington –British
Popular among the Ga.
8. Robertson – British
Popular among the Ga and Fante.
9. Quist (Qvist, a variation) – British and Swedish
Popular among the Ga and Fante.
10. Hesse – German
Popular among the Ga.
11. Palmer – British
Popular among the Ga and Fante.
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12. Vandyke – Dutch
Popular among the Ga and Fante.
13. Gorman – Irish
Popular among the people of the coast.
14. Johnson – British
Popular everywhere in Ghana, except probably the north.
15. Arthur - British
Popular among the Fante.
16. Hammond - British
Popular among the people of the coast.
17. Williams - British
Popular among the people of the coast.
18. Hansen (Hanson, a variation) – Danish
Popular among the Ga and Fante.
19. Hughes - British
Popular among the Fante.
20. De la Rocha – Portuguese
Popular among the Ga.
21. Grant – British
Popular among the Fante.
22. Erskine - British
Popular among the Fante.
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