Akaning Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Akaning Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 74 | 1:280,663 | 26,698 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
Akaning Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akaning Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akaning is carried by more people in Cameroon 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 Akaning? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,136,387th most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 93,430,076 people. Akaning is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Akaning are found; 95 percent are found in Central Africa and 95 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Akaning is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 74 people, or 1 in 280,663. In Cameroon it is most common in: Northwest Region, where 77 percent reside, Centre Region, where 22 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 1 percent reside. Beside Cameroon it occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 5 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
- 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 Akaning
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