# Akuffo

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**Akuffo** (also **Akufo**) is an [Akan language](/source/Akan_language) [patronymic](/source/Patronymic) surname with [Akuapem-Akropong](/source/Akuapem-Akropong) origins. Notable people with the surname include:

- [Asare Akuffo](/source/Asare_Akuffo), Ghanaian accountant, banker and entrepreneur
- [Edward Akufo-Addo](/source/Edward_Akufo-Addo) (1906–1979), President of Ghana from 1970 to 1972
- [Emily Akuffo](/source/Emily_Akuffo) (1933 or 1934–2022), First Lady of Ghana from 1978 to 1979
- [Fred Akuffo](/source/Fred_Akuffo) (1937–1979), Ghanaian soldier and politician
- [George Akuffo Dampare](/source/George_Akuffo_Dampare) (born 1970), Ghanaian police officer
- [Gloria Akuffo](/source/Gloria_Akuffo), Ghanaian lawyer and politician
- [Hannah Akuffo](/source/Hannah_Akuffo) (born 1954), Ghanaian academic
- [Kwame Akuffo Anoff-Ntow](/source/Kwame_Akuffo_Anoff-Ntow), Ghanaian academic, journalist and broadcasting executive
- [Nana Akufo-Addo](/source/Nana_Akufo-Addo) (born 1944), President of Ghana from 2017 to 2025
- [Oseadeeyo Kwasi Akuffo III](/source/Oseadeeyo_Kwasi_Akuffo_III) (born 1986), Ghanaian traditional ruler
- [Ohenewa Akuffo](/source/Ohenewa_Akuffo) (born 1979), Canadian freestyle wrestler
- [Sophia Akuffo](/source/Sophia_Akuffo), Ghanaian lawyer and judge

## See also

- [Kouffo](/source/Kouffo)

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