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
Akang (Bengali: আকং, Marathi: एकांग) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akang? popularity and diffusion
The surname Akang is the 91,518th most frequent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,393,412 people. Akang is primarily found in Africa, where 81 percent of Akang reside; 74 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akang is also the 219,430th most commonly held forename internationally It is held by 1,289 people.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried 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. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 18 countries. It is also common 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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