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) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Akang click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akang? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 91,518th most widespread surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 1,393,412 people. The last name Akang occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Akang live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 219,430th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 1,289 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 3,847 people, or 1 in 46,047. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 69 percent reside, Cross River, where 13 percent reside and Lagos, where 6 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it exists in 18 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 10 percent reside and Cameroon, where 7 percent reside.
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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