Akanji Surname
Approximately 23,535 people bear this surname
Akanji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22,981 | 1:7,708 | 889 |
| Cameroon | 237 | 1:87,633 | 10,590 |
| United States | 106 | 1:3,419,424 | 193,489 |
| England | 96 | 1:580,396 | 35,131 |
| Burkina Faso | 22 | 1:834,186 | 9,118 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Ivory Coast | 15 | 1:1,538,082 | 31,691 |
| Switzerland | 11 | 1:746,629 | 49,719 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| Iceland | 6 | 1:63,348 | 4,218 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Akanji (6,306) may also be a first name.
Akanji Demographics
Akanji Political Affiliation
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Akanji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akanji Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akanji (Marathi: एकांजी) is most common in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akanji? popularity and diffusion
The surname Akanji is the 23,039th most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 309,647 people. Akanji occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Akanji are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 82,992nd most common given name world-wide, borne by 6,306 people.
The surname Akanji is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 22,981 people, or 1 in 7,708. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 38 percent reside, Lagos, where 17 percent reside and Osun, where 13 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 30 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
Akanji Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Akanji last name is chiefly Christian (55%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Akanji surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.
Akanji earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 3.45% more than the national average, earning $44,637 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akanji Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akanji in the Marathi language | ||
| एकांजी | ekanji | - |
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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 Akanji
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