Ackam Surname
Approximately 1,616 people bear this surname
Ackam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1,593 | 1:16,962 | 2,149 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
Ackam Demographics
Average Ackam Salary in
South Africa
R 594,384
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Ackam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ackam Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ackam occurs most in Ghana. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ackam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 246,165th most frequently used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 4,509,620 people. The surname Ackam is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ackam are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently used in Ghana, where it is borne by 1,593 people, or 1 in 16,962. Excluding Ghana it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Gabon, where 1 percent live and South Africa, where 0 percent live.
Ackam Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Ackam has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Ackam last name declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Ackam Last Name Statistics demography
Ackam earn more than double the average income. In South Africa they earn 150.12% more than the national average, earning R 594,384 per year.
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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 Ackam
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