Akambi Surname
Approximately 1,772 people bear this surname
Akambi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,146 | 1:9,019 | 1,255 |
| Nigeria | 328 | 1:540,069 | 26,457 |
| Congo | 86 | 1:58,013 | 5,192 |
| Ivory Coast | 78 | 1:295,785 | 11,177 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Burkina Faso | 33 | 1:556,124 | 7,330 |
| England | 26 | 1:2,143,002 | 82,017 |
| Cameroon | 17 | 1:1,221,710 | 73,195 |
| Senegal | 8 | 1:1,822,418 | 4,361 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Akambi (576) may also be a first name.
Akambi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akambi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akambi (Marathi: एकंबी) is most common in Benin. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akambi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Akambi is the 228,674th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,112,611 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Akambi are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akambi is also the 349,109th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 576 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Benin, where it is held by 1,146 people, or 1 in 9,019. In Benin it is most frequent in: Plateau Department, where 47 percent live, Littoral Department, where 14 percent live and Ouémé Department, where 13 percent live. Beside Benin Akambi occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 19 percent live and The Congo, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akambi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akambi in the Marathi language | ||
| एकंबी | ekambi | - |
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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 Akambi
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