Akanu Surname
Approximately 1,689 people bear this surname
Akanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,496 | 1:118,411 | 7,829 |
| Indonesia | 118 | 1:1,120,756 | 80,521 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| United States | 11 | 1:32,950,812 | 797,015 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Akanu (382) may also be a first name.
Akanu Demographics
Average Akanu Salary in
United States
$54,542 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Akanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akanu (Hindi: अकानू, Marathi: अकणू) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akanu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 237,619th most frequently held last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 4,314,710 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 91 percent of Akanu are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 443,564th most commonly used given name in the world, borne by 382 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,496 people, or 1 in 118,411. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ebonyi, where 27 percent are found, Abia, where 23 percent are found and Delta, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it exists in 16 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 7 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.
Akanu Last Name Statistics demography
Akanu earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 26.4% more than the national average, earning $54,542 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akanu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akanu in the Marathi language | ||
| अकणू | akanu | - |
| Akanu in the Hindi language | ||
| अकानू | akanu | 66.67 |
| अकंू | akamu | 33.33 |
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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 Akanu
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