Akakou Surname
Approximately 420 people bear this surname
Akakou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 230 | 1:44,937 | 5,722 |
| Ivory Coast | 188 | 1:122,719 | 6,022 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Akakou (156) may also be a first name.
Akakou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akakou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akakou is more commonly found in Benin than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akakou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Akakou is the 701,000th most common last name globally, held by around 1 in 17,351,300 people. The surname Akakou occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Akakou live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 735,679th most widespread first name globally, held by 156 people.
Akakou is most commonly held in Benin, where it is carried by 230 people, or 1 in 44,937. In Benin it is most common in: Collines Department, where 87 percent live, Borgou Department, where 8 percent live and Littoral Department, where 2 percent live. Aside from Benin this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 45 percent live and Morocco, where 0 percent live.
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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 Akakou
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