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
Average Akah Salary in
United States
$43,223 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Akah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akah (Arabic: اكاه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﻛﺎﻩ, Hindi: आकाश, Marathi: आकः) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 69,072nd most common last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,014,555 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Akah are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 74 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 210,279th most widely held first name in the world, held by 1,386 people.
The last name Akah is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 4,128 people, or 1 in 42,912. In Nigeria it is most common in: Enugu, where 13 percent live, Cross River, where 11 percent live and Rivers, where 11 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname exists in 32 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 17 percent live and Ghana, where 14 percent live.
Akah Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding 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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- 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 Akah
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