Akania Surname
Approximately 106 people bear this surname
Akania Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 55 | 1:148,249 | 20,445 |
| Iran | 39 | 1:1,968,783 | 70,616 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Akania (14) may also be a first name.
Akania Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akania Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akania is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Akania.
How Common Is The Last Name Akania? popularity and diffusion
Akania is the 1,785,358th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 68,750,433 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 53 percent of Akania live; 53 percent live in Oceania Islands and 52 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Akania is also the 3,024,661st most frequently held forename worldwide, held by 14 people.
This last name is most widespread in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 55 people, or 1 in 148,249. In Papua New Guinea it is most common in: Madang, where 98 percent are found and Eastern Highlands, where 2 percent are found. Barring Papua New Guinea Akania is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 37 percent are found and Uganda, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Akania
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