Akapan Surname

707,442nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 415 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Akapan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akapan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria3741:473,64423,870
Thailand411:1,722,886219,200

Akapan (42) may also be a first name.

Akapan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Akapan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Akapan is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Akapan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 707,442nd most prevalent last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 17,560,352 people. The last name Akapan is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Akapan live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akapan is also the 1,566,439th most frequently occurring given name at a global level. It is borne by 42 people.

This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 374 people, or 1 in 473,644. In Nigeria Akapan is primarily concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 33 percent are found, Cross River, where 33 percent are found and Rivers, where 9 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Thailand, where 10 percent are found.

Akapan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

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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 Akapan
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