Akang Surname
Approximately 5,230 people bear this surname
Akang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,847 | 1:46,047 | 3,576 |
| Philippines | 527 | 1:192,103 | 30,549 |
| Cameroon | 355 | 1:58,504 | 7,534 |
| Malaysia | 310 | 1:95,143 | 6,574 |
| Indonesia | 108 | 1:1,224,530 | 86,214 |
| Botswana | 28 | 1:78,105 | 13,263 |
| Australia | 18 | 1:1,499,761 | 75,721 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Akang (1,289) may also be a first name.
Akang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akang Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akang (Bengali: আকং, Marathi: एकांग) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akang? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 91,518th most widely held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,393,412 people. The last name Akang occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Akang are found; 74 percent are found in West Africa and 74 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 219,430th most common first name throughout the world, held by 1,289 people.
Akang is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 3,847 people, or 1 in 46,047. In Nigeria it is most common in: Akwa Ibom, where 69 percent live, Cross River, where 13 percent live and Lagos, where 6 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 18 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 10 percent live and Cameroon, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akang Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akang in the Bengali language | ||
| আকং | akam | - |
| Akang in the Marathi language | ||
| एकांग | ekanga | 66.67 |
| अकांग | akanga | 33.33 |
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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 Akang
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