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
The surname Akanza occurs most in The Ivory Coast. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akanza? popularity and diffusion
It is the 201,183rd most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 3,515,459 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 85 percent of Akanza reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 74 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akanza is also the 415,075th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 428 people.
The surname is most frequently held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 1,796 people, or 1 in 12,846. In The Ivory Coast Akanza is mostly concentrated in: Lacs District, where 21 percent live, Bas-Sassandra District, where 18 percent live and Abidjan Autonomous District, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account The Ivory Coast this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 7 percent live and Nigeria, where 6 percent live.
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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 Akanza
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