Akah Surname
Approximately 7,183 people bear this surname
Akah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4,128 | 1:42,912 | 3,372 |
| Cameroon | 1,231 | 1:16,872 | 2,317 |
| Ghana | 1,039 | 1:26,006 | 3,108 |
| Ivory Coast | 290 | 1:79,556 | 4,347 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Iran | 97 | 1:791,572 | 39,767 |
| Mauritania | 65 | 1:62,998 | 4,372 |
| Indonesia | 59 | 1:2,241,512 | 136,522 |
| United States | 46 | 1:7,879,542 | 351,394 |
| Malaysia | 26 | 1:1,134,393 | 49,681 |
| England | 24 | 1:2,321,586 | 86,519 |
| Philippines | 22 | 1:4,601,737 | 165,269 |
| Turkey | 7 | 1:11,117,346 | 139,182 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Akah (1,386) may also be a first name.
Akah Demographics
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Akah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akah (Arabic: اكاه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﻛﺎﻩ, Hindi: आकाश, Marathi: आकः) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Akah is the 69,072nd most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,014,555 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Akah live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 210,279th most common first name in the world, held by 1,386 people.
Akah is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 4,128 people, or 1 in 42,912. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Enugu, where 13 percent reside, Cross River, where 11 percent reside and Rivers, where 11 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 32 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 17 percent reside and Ghana, where 14 percent reside.
Akah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Akah last name are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60% being registered with the political party.
Akah earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 0.17% more than the national average, earning $43,223 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akah in the Marathi language | ||
| आकः | akah | - |
| Akah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﻛﺎﻩ | akah | 60.71 |
| ﺍﻛﺎﻩ | akah | 32.14 |
| ﺃﻛﺎﻩ | akah | 7.14 |
| Akah in the Hindi language | ||
| आकाश | akasa | 50 |
| अकह | akaha | 50 |
| Akah in the Arabic language | ||
| اكاه | akah | - |
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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
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- 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 Akah
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