Akanai Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Akanai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 51 | 1:159,877 | 22,106 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Akanai (18) may also be a first name.
Akanai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akanai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akanai (Marathi: आकानाई) is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Akanai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akanai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,414,640th most commonly used family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. The surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 83 percent of Akanai reside; 83 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 83 percent reside in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held first name world-wide It is held by 18 people.
The surname is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 51 people, or 1 in 159,877. In Papua New Guinea Akanai is mostly concentrated in: Madang, where 90 percent live and Southern Highlands, where 10 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 8 percent live and Kazakhstan, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akanai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akanai in the Marathi language | ||
| आकानाई | akana'i | 50 |
| अकानाई | akana'i | 50 |
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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 Akanai
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