Akanou Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Akanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 102 | 1:226,189 | 9,304 |
| Niger | 12 | 1:1,599,335 | 32,126 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Guinea | 2 | 1:5,916,908 | 2,656 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Akanou (32) may also be a first name.
Akanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akanou occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Akanou.
How Common Is The Last Name Akanou? popularity and diffusion
Akanou is the 1,649,806th most frequently occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 60,227,652 people. The surname Akanou is mostly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Akanou reside; 65 percent reside in West Africa and 54 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akanou is also the 1,840,253rd most commonly occurring first name in the world It is held by 32 people.
This surname is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 102 people, or 1 in 226,189. In The Ivory Coast Akanou is primarily concentrated in: Gôh-Djiboua District, where 53 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 37 percent reside and Comoé District, where 7 percent reside. Excluding The Ivory Coast Akanou is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 10 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 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 Akanou
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