Akankan Surname
Approximately 61 people bear this surname
Akankan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turkey | 43 | 1:1,809,801 | 65,502 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
Akankan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akankan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akankan has its highest incidence in Turkey. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Akankan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akankan? popularity and diffusion
Akankan is the 2,460,878th most commonly occurring surname on earth, held by around 1 in 119,467,966 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 57 percent of Akankan live; 57 percent live in West Asia and 57 percent live in Anatolia and Highlands.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Turkey, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 1,809,801. In Turkey Akankan is primarily concentrated in: Izmir Province, where 81 percent are found, Istanbul Province, where 12 percent are found and Edirne Province, where 7 percent are found. Without taking into account Turkey Akankan exists in 4 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 10 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akankane | 93 | 1 | / |
| Okankan | 86 | 141 | / |
| Akancan | 86 | 21 | / |
| Acankan | 86 | 3 | / |
| Akankam | 86 | 3 | / |
| Akankanova | 82 | 1 | / |
| Okankang | 80 | 21 | / |
| Akhankon | 80 | 10 | / |
| Akhenkan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hekankan | 80 | 1 | / |
| Akhankham | 75 | 10 | / |
| Haicankan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hakamkhan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Akonkon | 71 | 4 | / |
| Okonkan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekancan | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akounkoun | 63 | 8 | / |
| Okonkon | 57 | 124 | / |
| Okancon | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ocancan | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ozcamkan | 53 | 32 | / |
| Okongkon | 53 | 1 | / |
| Akamkoum | 53 | 1 | / |
| Okonkoin | 53 | 1 | / |
| Okonkong | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Akankan
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