Akaniru Surname

937,786th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 280 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Akaniru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Akaniru Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2681:660,98030,902
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013

Akaniru Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Akaniru Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Akaniru is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Akaniru? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 937,786th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 26,026,950 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Akaniru live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 268 people, or 1 in 660,980. In Nigeria it is most common in: Abia, where 20 percent live, Rivers, where 16 percent live and Plateau, where 13 percent live. Besides Nigeria Akaniru is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akanairu933/
Okaniru8628/
Akanuru861/
Akkanuru802/
Eakanuru801/
Acanuru716/
Ekanuru713/
Okaneru711/
Ekeanuru671/
Ekeneru575/
Econiru573/
Okeneru571/
Okoneru571/
Okenerhu5311/
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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 Akaniru
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