Statistics for Most Common Last Names in Africa

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Country	Last Name	% Correct
Comoros	Mohamed	68%
Djibouti	Mohamed	68%
Egypt	Mohamed	68%
Libya	Ali	42%
Somalia	Ali	42%
Eritrea	Ali	42%
Sudan	Ahmed	32%
Mauritania	Ba	21%
Guinea	Diallo	21%
Cabo Verde (Cape Verde)	Lopes	16%
Guinea-Bissau	Gomes	11%
Sierra Leone	Kamara	11%
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	Kone	11%
Senegal	Ndiaye	11%
Algeria	Saidi	11%
Mali	Traore	11%
Niger	Abdou	5%
Benin	Bio	5%
Sao Tome & Principe	Fernandes	5%
Seychelles	Hoareau	5%
Nigeria	Ibrahim	5%
Congo (Democratic Republic of)	Ilunga	5%
Mozambique	Langa	5%
Chad	Mahamat	5%
Angola	Manuel	5%
Ghana	Mensah	5%
Botswana	Molefe	5%
Central African Republic	Moussa	5%
Cameroon	Ngo	5%
Congo (Republic of)	Ngoma	5%
Burundi	Nkurunziza	5%
Burkina Faso	Ouedraogo	5%
Uganda	Akello	0%
Morocco	Alaoui	0%
Malawi	Banda	0%
Mauritius	Beeharry	0%
South Sudan	Deng	0%
Eswatini	Dlamini	0%
Gambia	Jallow	0%
Namibia	Johannes	0%
Tanzania	Juma	0%
Liberia	Kollie	0%
Togo	Lawson	0%
Lesotho	Mohapi	0%
Zimbabwe	Moyo	0%
Kenya	Mwangi	0%
Gabon	Ndong	0%
Equatorial Guinea	Ngema	0%
South Africa	Nkosi	0%
Zambia	Phiri	0%
Madagascar	Rakotomalala	0%
Ethiopia	Tesfaye	0%
Tunisia	Trabelsi	0%
Rwanda	Uwimana	0%