Akan Surname
Approximately 52,871 people bear this surname
Akan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 29,993 | 1:2,595 | 372 |
| Nigeria | 12,590 | 1:14,070 | 1,412 |
| Benin | 2,839 | 1:3,641 | 463 |
| Bangladesh | 1,983 | 1:80,361 | 3,747 |
| Philippines | 1,185 | 1:85,433 | 14,838 |
| Ghana | 970 | 1:27,856 | 3,309 |
| Thailand | 542 | 1:130,329 | 19,855 |
| Kazakhstan | 395 | 1:44,766 | 5,809 |
| Pakistan | 305 | 1:585,718 | 9,433 |
| India | 302 | 1:2,539,952 | 80,674 |
| Germany | 239 | 1:336,843 | 33,164 |
| Sweden | 208 | 1:47,340 | 3,687 |
| France | 202 | 1:328,825 | 49,763 |
| United States | 137 | 1:2,645,686 | 159,417 |
| Papua New Guinea | 111 | 1:73,457 | 9,617 |
| Cameroon | 84 | 1:247,251 | 24,294 |
| Malaysia | 84 | 1:351,122 | 18,683 |
| Indonesia | 70 | 1:1,889,274 | 120,273 |
| Austria | 63 | 1:135,166 | 18,435 |
| England | 56 | 1:994,965 | 49,531 |
| Bulgaria | 54 | 1:129,239 | 7,530 |
| Belgium | 54 | 1:212,901 | 27,429 |
| Iran | 51 | 1:1,505,540 | 59,762 |
| Uganda | 50 | 1:780,786 | 37,485 |
| Northern Cyprus | 41 | 1:7,781 | 1,851 |
| Netherlands | 32 | 1:527,724 | 48,879 |
| Russia | 28 | 1:5,147,252 | 226,919 |
| Canada | 27 | 1:1,364,652 | 95,501 |
| Niger | 18 | 1:1,066,223 | 23,213 |
| Lebanon | 15 | 1:375,806 | 11,209 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 11 | 1:123,998 | 7,543 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Ukraine | 6 | 1:7,587,116 | 277,111 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| North Macedonia | 5 | 1:420,294 | 19,032 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Turkmenistan | 4 | 1:1,372,278 | 6,164 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1:1,990,885 | 79,765 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Abkhazia | 2 | 1:121,432 | 4,128 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 19 | 1:2,643,089 | 124,494 |
Akan (21,635) may also be a first name.
Akan Demographics
Akan Political Affiliation
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Akan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akan (Bengali: আকন, Hindi: अकण, Marathi: आकन, Oriya: ଅକନ, Russian: Акан) is held by more people in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 10,630th most frequent last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 137,836 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 59 percent of Akan reside; 49 percent reside in West Asia and 49 percent reside in Anatolia and Highlands. It is also the 35,658th most frequently occurring given name at a global level, held by 21,635 people.
The last name Akan is most commonly used in Turkey, where it is borne by 29,993 people, or 1 in 2,595. In Turkey it is mostly found in: Istanbul Province, where 16 percent live, Mardin Province, where 9 percent live and Izmir Province, where 6 percent live. Barring Turkey Akan exists in 88 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 24 percent live and Benin, where 5 percent live.
Akan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Akan has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 721 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Akan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Akan surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Sunni (100%) in Lebanon and Christian (98%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Akan last name are 0.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 53.33% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Akan earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 18.01% more than the national average, earning $50,918 USD per year and in Canada they earn 19.51% less than the national average, earning $39,988 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akan in the Bengali language | ||
| আকন | akana | 50 |
| অকন | akana | 50 |
| Akan in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅକନ | akana | 38.89 |
| ଏକନ | ekana | 27.78 |
| ଅକାନ | akana | 11.11 |
| ଆକନ | akana | 11.11 |
| ଅକଂ | akam | 5.56 |
| ଅକଁ | akam | 5.56 |
| Akan in the Marathi language | ||
| आकन | akana | 36.96 |
| अकण | akana | 32.61 |
| अकन | akana | 19.57 |
| आकान | akana | 6.52 |
| अकान | akana | 4.35 |
| Akan in the Hindi language | ||
| अकण | akana | 31.43 |
| अकन | akana | 26.67 |
| आकण | akana | 15.24 |
| आकन | akana | 4.76 |
| आकांक्षा | akanksa | 3.81 |
| आकान | akana | 2.86 |
| आकां | akam | 2.86 |
| अकां | akam | 2.86 |
| अकान | akana | 1.9 |
| अकंा | akama | 0.95 |
| आकं | akam | 0.95 |
| Akan in the Russian language | ||
| Акан | akan | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Akan
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