Akanza Surname
Approximately 2,073 people bear this surname
Akanza Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 1,796 | 1:12,846 | 1,049 |
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Nigeria | 125 | 1:1,417,142 | 54,922 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
Akanza (428) may also be a first name.
Akanza Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akanza Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akanza is found most in The Ivory Coast. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Akanza click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akanza? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 201,183rd most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 3,515,459 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Akanza reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 415,075th most frequently held first name throughout the world, borne by 428 people.
The surname Akanza is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 1,796 people, or 1 in 12,846. In The Ivory Coast Akanza is most common in: Lacs District, where 21 percent are found, Bas-Sassandra District, where 18 percent are found and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 16 percent are found. Aside from The Ivory Coast this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 7 percent are found and Nigeria, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Akanza
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