Akabah Surname
Approximately 376 people bear this surname
Akabah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 346 | 1:78,094 | 7,799 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Yemen | 9 | 1:2,936,144 | 15,216 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
Akabah (149) may also be a first name.
Akabah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akabah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akabah is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Akabah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akabah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Akabah is the 760,012th most commonly held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 19,381,771 people. Akabah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Akabah reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 754,880th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 149 people.
Akabah is most widespread in Ghana, where it is carried by 346 people, or 1 in 78,094. Outside of Ghana this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 3 percent are found and Yemen, where 2 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 Akabah
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