Akaana Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Akaana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 171 | 1:1,035,923 | 43,476 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Akaana (47) may also be a first name.
Akaana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akaana Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akaana is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Akaana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akaana? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,295,379th most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 41,643,120 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Akaana live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,467,136th most prevalent first name on earth, borne by 47 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 171 people, or 1 in 1,035,923. In Nigeria Akaana is primarily found in: Benue, where 65 percent live, Taraba, where 9 percent live and Nasarawa, where 8 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 2 percent live and India, where 1 percent live.
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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 Akaana
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