Akaniru Surname
Approximately 280 people bear this surname
Akaniru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 268 | 1:660,980 | 30,902 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
Akaniru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akaniru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akaniru has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Akaniru? popularity and diffusion
Akaniru is the 937,786th most widespread surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 26,026,950 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Akaniru live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Akaniru is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 268 people, or 1 in 660,980. In Nigeria Akaniru is mostly concentrated in: Abia, where 20 percent reside, Rivers, where 16 percent reside and Plateau, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria Akaniru is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 3 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, 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
- 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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