Akams Surname
Approximately 73 people bear this surname
Akams Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 68 | 1:2,605,041 | 84,856 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Akams (11) may also be a first name.
Akams Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akams Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akams occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akams? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,220,661st most commonly held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 99,829,396 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Akams live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akams is also the 3,487,849th most common first name globally It is held by 11 people.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 68 people, or 1 in 2,605,041. In Nigeria Akams is most numerous in: Lagos, where 29 percent reside, Kaduna, where 28 percent reside and Rivers, where 12 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent reside and Kuwait, where 1 percent reside.
Akams Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Akams has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Akams last name fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akamse | 91 | 467 | / |
| Hakams | 91 | 1 | / |
| Akamsse | 83 | 60 | / |
| Akoms | 80 | 56 | / |
| Okams | 80 | 39 | / |
| Ekams | 80 | 25 | / |
| Acams | 80 | 4 | / |
| Akems | 80 | 2 | / |
| Haskamsp | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hokams | 73 | 23 | / |
| Akamce | 73 | 2 | / |
| Akamze | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aikems | 73 | 1 | / |
| Heikams | 67 | 13 | / |
| Akamcht | 67 | 2 | / |
| Askeyms | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hakeems | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hakkeems | 62 | 1 | / |
| Ekems | 60 | 37 | / |
| Okems | 60 | 33 | / |
| Okoms | 60 | 1 | / |
| Gacoms | 55 | 94 | / |
| Oukoums | 50 | 2 | / |
| Hoekoms | 50 | 1 | / |
| Okuomse | 50 | 1 | / |
| Heikems | 50 | 1 | / |
| Heukems | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Akams
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis