Akango Surname
Approximately 420 people bear this surname
Akango Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 192 | 1:384,789 | 33,038 |
| Papua New Guinea | 85 | 1:95,926 | 12,852 |
| Benin | 78 | 1:132,508 | 14,244 |
| Uganda | 28 | 1:1,394,260 | 52,673 |
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Akango (10) may also be a first name.
Akango Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akango Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akango is more frequently found in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Akango? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 701,000th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 17,351,300 people. The surname Akango is primarily found in Africa, where 80 percent of Akango reside; 51 percent reside in Central Africa and 51 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most widely held given name internationally It is held by 10 people.
It is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is carried by 192 people, or 1 in 384,789. Besides The DR Congo this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent live and Benin, where 19 percent live.
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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 Akango
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