Akahan Surname
Approximately 130 people bear this surname
Akahan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 95 | 1:1,864,661 | 66,902 |
| Turkey | 24 | 1:3,242,559 | 89,463 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
Akahan (18) may also be a first name.
Akahan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akahan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akahan (Marathi: अकहान) is most common in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akahan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,573,888th most frequently used last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 56,058,046 people. The surname Akahan occurs predominantly in Africa, where 74 percent of Akahan reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held forename throughout the world, borne by 18 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 1,864,661. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Benue, where 75 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 18 percent are found and Lagos, where 5 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Turkey, where 18 percent are found and Pakistan, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akahan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akahan in the Marathi language | ||
| अकहान | akahana | - |
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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 Akahan
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