Akanam Surname

633,196th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 482 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Benin

Akanam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akanam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4281:413,88521,554
Benin361:287,10024,014
Niger51:3,838,40364,195
England41:13,929,515290,718
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Akanam (40) may also be a first name.

Akanam Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Akanam Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Akanam (Hindi: अकनम, Marathi: एकनाम) is most common in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Akanam? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 633,196th most widespread last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 15,119,390 people. Akanam is predominantly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Akanam are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akanam is also the 1,614,485th most commonly used first name worldwide It is held by 40 people.

The surname Akanam is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 428 people, or 1 in 413,885. In Nigeria it is most common in: Akwa Ibom, where 79 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent live and Cross River, where 5 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Akanam is found in 6 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 7 percent live and Niger, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akannam92116/
Akaname9214/
Akhanam925/
Akatnam922/
Aikanam921/
Hakanam921/
Askanam921/
Hakhanam863/
Ekanam83280/
Akenam83138/
Akonam8328/
Akanom831/
Acanam831/
Akhanamhe8046/
Ekaneam7716/
Akeenam7715/
Aqasnam7712/
Akanoum777/
Ekannam775/
Ekaenam772/
Eckanam771/
Akanome771/
Ekainam771/
Ecaanam771/
Akoname771/
Okaname771/
Hokanam771/
Gaikhangam756/
Hokhanam711/
Akonom671,075/
Ekenam6730/
Haukanõmm6719/
Ekanom675/
Akhanomhe672/
Okonam672/
Ecanam671/
Ocanam671/
Haukanomm671/

Akanam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Akanam in the Hindi language
अकनमakanama-
Akanam in the Marathi language
एकनामekanama-

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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 Akanam
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