African Surnames

There are currently 800 African surnames:

Abacha, Abebe, Abedi Pele, Abiodun, Abiola, Abubakar, Achebe, Achieng, Adama, Adanna, Addo, Adebayo, Adebayor, Adebisi, Adegoke, Adekunle, Adeniyi, Adeoye, Adesanya, Adesina, Adetokunbo, Adewale, Adeyemi, Adhiambo, Adisa, Adjei, Adomah, Afeni, Afia, Afolabi, Afonja, Afrifa, Agbaje, Agboola, Agutu, Agyapong, Aidoo, Aiyegbeni, Ajala, Ajayi, Akachi, Akin, Akindele, Akinjide, Akinleye, Akinola, Akinwale, Akinwunmi, Akinyele, Akinyemi, Akinyi, Aklilu, Akoth, Akoto, Akpan, Akpeyi, Akufo-Addo, Alabi, Alemu, Alika, Aluko, Alula, Amadi, Amaechi, Amankwah, Amara, Amha, Aminu, Amusan, Anikulapo, Anikulapo-Kuti, Anim, Ankrah, Annan, Antwi, Anyango, Anyanwu, Appiah, Arap, Aribo, Asamoah, Asante, Asfa-Wossen, Asisat, Assefa, Atieno, Atnaf, Atsu, Atta Mills, Aubameyang, Auma, Aurier, Awolowo, Ayana, Ayele, Ayew, Ayodele, Azikiwe, Ba, Baah, Babafemi, Babangida, Babatunde, Babayaro, Badmus, Badru, Bah, Bailly, Bakambu, Bakayoko, Balde, Balewa, Balogun, Baloyi, Bamba, Banda, Bangoura, Bankole, Banks, Barry, Bartlett, Bekele, Belay, Bello, Berhane, Berhanu, Berthe, Bett, Biko, Bissouma, Biwott, Boakye, Boateng, Bolanle, Bonsu, Bony, Booker, Botha, Brown, Buhari, Busia, Buthelezi, Bwalya, Camara, Carver, Ceesay, Cele, Chacha, Chanda, Chebet, Chedjou, Chepkwony, Cherono, Cheruiyot, Chiamaka, Chibueze, Chidi, Chidiebere, Chidinma, Chiemeka, Chihuri, Chikezie, Chiluba, Chinamasa, Chinedu, Chinwe, Chitepo, Chiwenga, Chombo, Chukwu, Chukwuma, Chukwumerije, Cisse, Cissé, Coetzee, Conte, Conté, Cornet, Corr, Coulibaly, Dabo, Daka, Dalila, Dalmar, Dangote, Danjuma, Danladi, Danquah, Danso, Darboe, Darko, Dawit, De Klerk, DeBeer, DeJager, Dembele, Demissie, Desta, Diallo, Diarra, Dibaba, Diop, Diouf, Djenepo, Dlamini, Doucoure, Doucouré, Douglass, Doumbia, Dowadou, Drogba, Duah, Dube, DuBois, DuPreez, Ebiere, Egbunu, Ejiofor, Ekpo, Ekwensi, Ekwueme, El-Rufai, Elias, Ellison, Elmohamady, Emefiele, Emeka, Emenike, Enyeama, Ephrem, Eshe, Eskinder, Essien, Etebo, Eto'o, Eze, Ezeala, Ezeilo, Fagbenle, Falana, Fall, Fani-Kayode, Fashola, Fasil, Fasina, Fati, Faye, Femi, Fikru, Fish, Fofana, Folami, Fourie, Freeman, Frimpong, Gaines, Gana, Garvey, Gassama, Gaye, Gbadamosi, Gebre, Gebreselassie, Gervinho, Gessesse, Getachew, Girma, Goje, Goldberg, Gomez, Gowon, Gozie, Gradel, Grobbelaar, Gueye, Gumbo, Gumede, Gyan, Habib, Habte, Hadebe, Hagos, Haile, Hailemariam, Hakimi, Hani, Harris, Hichilema, Hlongwane, Hurston, Ibe, Ibekwe, Ibrahim, Idowu, Idris, Ifeoma, Ighalo, Ighodaro, Igwe, Iheanacho, Ike, Ikechukwu, Ikenna, Ikpeazu, Imani, Isaias, Iwobi, Iwu, Jabbi, Jackson, Jali, Jalloh, Jallow, Janneh, Jansen, Jawara, Jefferson, Jega, Jelagat, Jelani, Jembere, Jepchirchir, Jepkosgei, Johnson, Jonathan, Jones, Kaba, Kabila, Kachikwu, Kagame, Kaleb, Kalu, Kamara, Kamau, Kane, Kanoute, Kante, Kanté, Kanu, Kariuki, Kassa, Kasukuwere, Kathrada, Kato, Katumbi, Kaunda, Kebede, Kefilwe, Keita, Keita Balde, Kekana, Kenyatta, Kessie, Keter, Khoza, Khumalo, Kibaki, Kibet, Kigen, Kikwete, Kimani, King, Kinteh, Kip, Kipchoge, Kipkemboi, Kiprono, Kipruto, Kiptoo, Koech, Kofi, Kolo Touré, Konaté, Kone, Koomson, Korir, Kosgei, Koulibaly, Kourouma, Kouyate, Kruger, Kuffour, Kufuor, Kuti, Kwarteng, Kyari, Kyere, Lamido, Langa, Langat, Lawal, Lekan, Lemina, Lemma, Lerato, Letsholonyane, Lij, Limann, Little, Lo, Lumumba, Lungu, Luthuli, M'Baye, Mabaso, Mabizela, Made, Maduabuchi, Madueke, Magufuli, Mahama, Mahlangu, Mahlobo, Mahrez, Maiga, Maina, Makena, Makhanya, Makonnen, Malcolm, Maluleke, Mandela, Mane, Manneh, Marshall, Martins, Masango, Masego, Mashaba, Masilela, Masina, Masinga, Masuku, Matanga, Mathema, Matip, Mbanefo, Mbatha, Mbeki, Mbemba, Mbodj, McCarthy, Mekonnen, Mendy, Menelik, Mengistu, Mensah, Mhlaba, Mhlanga, Mhlongo, Mikael, Mikel, Mkapa, Mkhize, Mkhonza, Mlangeni, Mnangagwa, Mobutu, Modise, Mofokeng, Moghalu, Moi, Mokoena, Molefe, Mombeshora, Mosley, Motaung, Motsepe, Moukandjo, Moyo, Mpofu, Mthembu, Mthethwa, Muchena, Mugabe, Mugoba, Muhammad, Mujuru, Mulenga, Mulugeta, Mumba, Muntari, Musa, Museveni, Musonda, Mutai, Muzorewa, Mwale, Mwanawasa, Mwangi, Mwila, N'Diaye, N'Dour, N'Koulou, Ncube, Ndiaye, Ndidi, Ndlovu, Ndong, Negussie, Nel, Ngcobo, Ngige, Ngozi, Ngubane, Nia, Niasse, Nimako, Njeri, Njie, Njoroge, Nketiah, Nkomo, Nkosi, Nkrumah, Nkuna, Nkurunziza, Nleya, Nnamdi, Nti, Ntshangase, Ntuli, Nwabueze, Nwachukwu, Nwadike, Nwafor, Nwankwo, Nwosu, Nxumalo, Nyambura, Nyarko, Nyathi, Nyerere, Oba, Obama, Obasanjo, Obi, Obiakor, Obiang, Obiero, Obinna, Obioma, Ochieng, Odegbami, Odemwingie, Odhiambo, Odili, Odinga, Odongo, Ofori, Ofori-Atta, Ogbonna, Ogunbiyi, Ogunjobi, Ogunleye, Ojo, Ojukwu, Okafor, Okeke, Okelo, Okocha, Okonjo-Iweala, Okonkwo, Okorie, Okoro, Okotie-Eboh, Okoye, Okumu, Oladipo, Olagunju, Olajide, Olaniyan, Olawale, Olawoyin, Olayinka, Oliseh, Olivier, Oloo, Olowofoyeku, Olusola, Oluwaseun, Oluwatobi, Oluwole, Omeruah, Omeruo, Omondi, Omotayo, Omotola, Onana, Onazi, Onuachu, Onwudiwe, Onyali-Omagbemi, Onyango, Onyeka, Opara, Opiyo, Opoku, Orji, Osadebe, Osei, Oshiomhole, Oshodi, Osimhen, Osinbajo, Osofisan, Osuofia, Otieno, Ouattara, Owuor, Owusu, Oyekan, Paki, Parirenyatwa, Parker, Parks, Partey, Paulos, Pepe, Phiri, Pienaar, Pili, Popoola, Powell, Prempeh, Pretorius, Qhama, Quansah, Qwabe, Qwarse, Radebe, Ramaphosa, Rashidi, Rawlings, Ribadu, Rivers, Robinson, Rotich, Runako, Ruto, Sadiki, Sadiq, Sahle-Work, Saivet, Sakala, Salah, Samake, Samatta, Sang, Sangare, Sanneh, Sanogo, Sanusi, Sanyang, Saraki, Sarfo, Saro-Wiwa, Sarpong, Sarr, Sata, Schoeman, Sekai, Sekeramayi, Sene, Seri, Sesay, Sessegnon, Seyoum, Shabalala, Shabazz, Shakur, Shehu, Shezi, Shiferaw, Shiri, Shonekan, Shonibare, Sibanda, Sichinga, Sidibe, Sidibé, Sigei, Simon, Singhade, Sissoko, Sisulu, Sithole, Slimani, Slovo, Smalls, Smit, Snyman, Solanke, Soludo, Sonko, Sono, Sow, Soyinka, Steyn, Sule, Suleiman, Sulley, Sylla, Tadesse, Tafari, Tagoe, Tambo, Tanui, Tau, Tekle, Tembo, Tendai, Teodros, Tesfaye, Themba, Thiam, Tilahun, Tinubu, Toko Ekambi, Tongogara, Touray, Toure, Touré, Tovey, Traore, Traoré, Troost-Ekong, Truth, Tsegaye, Tshabalala, Tshisekedi, Tshuma, Tsvangirai, Tubman, Tutu, Twumasi, Uba, Uche, Udoh, Udoji, Ugochukwu, Ujamaa, Umar, Umeh, Unathi, Uzoho, Uzoma, VanDerBerg, VanDerMerwe, VanNiekerk, VanRooyen, VanWyk, Vasha, Venter, Viljoen, Vuyiswa, Wade, Waithera, Wambui, Wanjiku, Wanjiru, Wanyama, Washington, Weah, Wekesa, Wells, Were, Whitfield, Wike, Williams, Wiredu, Wolde, Woldemariam, Wright, X, Xhosa, Xola, Xulu, Yakubu, Yar'Adua, Yaro, Yaya Touré, Yeboah, Yekini, Yetunde, Yilma, Yohannes, Young, Zaha, Zewde, Zewditu, Zik, Ziyech, Zola, Zondi, Zubairu, Zulu, Zuma, Zvinavashe, Zwane