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
Average Akan Salary in
United States
$50,918 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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 more commonly found in Turkey than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Akan is the 10,630th most widely held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 137,836 people. The surname Akan occurs mostly in Asia, where 59 percent of Akan are found; 49 percent are found in West Asia and 49 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands. Akan is also the 35,658th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 21,635 people.
The surname is most widely held in Turkey, where it is carried by 29,993 people, or 1 in 2,595. In Turkey it is most frequent in: Istanbul Province, where 16 percent reside, Mardin Province, where 9 percent reside and Izmir Province, where 6 percent reside. Excluding Turkey this surname occurs in 88 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 24 percent reside and Benin, where 5 percent reside.
Akan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Akan has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Akan surname increased 721 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Akan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Akan last name is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan, Sunni (100%) in Lebanon and Christian (98%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Akan surname are 0.1% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 53.33% registered with the political 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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