Akadja Surname
Approximately 115 people bear this surname
Akadja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 46 | 1:224,687 | 20,522 |
| Ivory Coast | 29 | 1:795,560 | 21,349 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Akadja (25) may also be a first name.
Akadja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akadja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akadja is most common in Benin. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Akadja.
How Common Is The Last Name Akadja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,701,480th most commonly held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 63,369,964 people. The surname Akadja occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Akadja reside; 61 percent reside in West Africa and 60 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akadja is also the 2,136,160th most frequently used forename throughout the world, borne by 25 people.
The last name Akadja is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 46 people, or 1 in 224,687. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Mono Department, where 72 percent reside, Zou Department, where 13 percent reside and Atlantique Department, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Benin this surname occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 25 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 23 percent reside.
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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 Akadja
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