Abakwam Surname
Approximately 183 people bear this surname
Abakwam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 178 | 1:995,184 | 42,110 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Abakwam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abakwam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abakwam is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Abakwam click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abakwam? popularity and diffusion
The surname Abakwam is the 1,257,535th most widespread family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 39,822,655 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Abakwam are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Abakwam is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 178 people, or 1 in 995,184. In Nigeria Abakwam is primarily concentrated in: Abia, where 30 percent are found, Rivers, where 17 percent are found and Lagos, where 16 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Abakwam
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