Akanihu Surname
Approximately 322 people bear this surname
Akanihu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 306 | 1:578,898 | 27,971 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
Akanihu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akanihu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akanihu is found most in Nigeria. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akanihu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 849,693rd most commonly occurring surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 22,632,130 people. The last name Akanihu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Akanihu reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 306 people, or 1 in 578,898. In Nigeria Akanihu is mostly concentrated in: Abia, where 20 percent reside, Lagos, where 18 percent reside and Plateau, where 14 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in England, where 4 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Akanihu
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