Akani Surname
Approximately 8,781 people bear this surname
Akani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6,431 | 1:27,545 | 2,351 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| India | 463 | 1:1,656,729 | 60,418 |
| Iran | 313 | 1:245,312 | 18,648 |
| DR Congo | 246 | 1:300,323 | 27,390 |
| Ivory Coast | 180 | 1:128,174 | 6,240 |
| Congo | 130 | 1:38,378 | 3,637 |
| Kenya | 93 | 1:496,558 | 25,459 |
| Benin | 87 | 1:118,800 | 13,087 |
| Tanzania | 55 | 1:962,575 | 44,906 |
| Philippines | 47 | 1:2,154,005 | 122,929 |
| Niger | 44 | 1:436,182 | 11,913 |
| Spain | 29 | 1:1,612,139 | 47,760 |
| Uganda | 29 | 1:1,346,182 | 51,611 |
| Papua New Guinea | 21 | 1:388,272 | 50,829 |
| Burkina Faso | 21 | 1:873,910 | 9,338 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| United States | 15 | 1:24,163,929 | 685,360 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
Akani (5,791) may also be a first name.
Akani Demographics
Akani Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Akani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akani (Hindi: अकानी, Marathi: अकानी, Oriya: ଆକାଣି) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akani? popularity and diffusion
Akani is the 57,657th most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 829,922 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Akani reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 87,681st most frequent forename throughout the world It is held by 5,791 people.
The surname Akani is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6,431 people, or 1 in 27,545. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Rivers, where 19 percent reside, Oyo, where 12 percent reside and Lagos, where 12 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 36 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 6 percent reside and India, where 5 percent reside.
Akani Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Akani last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (71%) in Nigeria.
Akani earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 26.71% less than the national average, earning $31,625 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akani in the Hindi language | ||
| अकानी | akani | 62.5 |
| अकनी | akani | 25 |
| आकाणि | akani | 12.5 |
| Akani in the Marathi language | ||
| अकानी | akani | 51.85 |
| अकाणी | akani | 11.11 |
| अकनी | akani | 11.11 |
| एकाणी | ekani | 7.41 |
| आकाणी | akani | 7.41 |
| आकणी | akani | 3.7 |
| एकनाि | ekanai | 3.7 |
| आकनी | akani | 3.7 |
| Akani in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆକାଣି | akani | 33.33 |
| ଅକାନି | akani | 33.33 |
| ଅକନି | akani | 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
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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 Akani
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