Akaan Surname
Approximately 988 people bear this surname
Akaan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 982 | 1:180,390 | 11,086 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Akåan (1) are calculated separately.
Akaan (141) may also be a first name.
Akaan Demographics
Akaan Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Akaan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akaan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akaan is found most in Nigeria. It can also occur in the variant forms: Akåan. For other potential spellings of Akaan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akaan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 365,146th most commonly held family name at a global level, held by around 1 in 7,376,059 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Akaan reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 778,371st most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 141 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 982 people, or 1 in 180,390. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Benue, where 88 percent reside, Taraba, where 5 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 1 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Akaan exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 0 percent reside and Ukraine, where 0 percent reside.
Akaan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
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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 Akaan
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