Akaou Surname
Approximately 469 people bear this surname
Akaou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 204 | 1:169,000 | 29,345 |
| Cameroon | 133 | 1:156,158 | 17,045 |
| Niger | 107 | 1:179,365 | 6,287 |
| Benin | 16 | 1:645,975 | 38,126 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Andorra | 2 | 1:41,919 | 1,654 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Akaou (225) may also be a first name.
Akaou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akaou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akaou occurs in Morocco more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Akaou? popularity and diffusion
Akaou is the 645,988th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 15,538,477 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Akaou live; 55 percent live in West Africa and 44 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 599,828th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 225 people.
It is most frequently held in Morocco, where it is held by 204 people, or 1 in 169,000. Aside from Morocco it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 28 percent reside and Niger, where 23 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
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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 Akaou
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