Akanwan Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Akanwan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 16 | 1:11,071,422 | 210,388 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Akanwan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akanwan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akanwan (Marathi: अकानन) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Akanwan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akanwan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,772,636th most widespread last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Akanwan are found; 94 percent are found in West Africa and 94 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 11,071,422. In Nigeria Akanwan is mostly concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 69 percent are found, Rivers, where 19 percent are found and Delta, where 6 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in one country. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akanwan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akanwan in the Marathi language | ||
| अकानन | akanana | - |
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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 Akanwan
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