Akara Surname
Approximately 4,579 people bear this surname
Akara Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,650 | 1:66,846 | 4,883 |
| Togo | 630 | 1:11,504 | 2,968 |
| Gabon | 303 | 1:6,235 | 1,152 |
| Papua New Guinea | 163 | 1:50,023 | 6,268 |
| India | 158 | 1:4,854,844 | 122,998 |
| Cameroon | 157 | 1:132,287 | 14,892 |
| Uganda | 116 | 1:336,546 | 22,436 |
| Benin | 99 | 1:104,400 | 11,784 |
| Kenya | 73 | 1:632,601 | 28,796 |
| Japan | 34 | 1:3,760,126 | 35,803 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Niger | 28 | 1:685,429 | 16,503 |
| United States | 21 | 1:17,259,949 | 572,238 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Turkey | 15 | 1:5,188,095 | 110,069 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| Cambodia | 5 | 1:3,097,429 | 8,690 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Botswana | 4 | 1:546,732 | 22,624 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Chad | 4 | 1:3,398,050 | 7,703 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
Akara (1,749) may also be a first name.
Akara Demographics
Akara Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Akara Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akara Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akara (Arabic: اكرا, Bengali: আকরা, Hindi: अकरा, Marathi: अकारा, Oriya: ଆକରା, Russian: Акара) is most common in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Akara.
How Common Is The Last Name Akara? popularity and diffusion
Akara is the 102,812th most commonly held family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,591,515 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Akara are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 74 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 183,202nd most commonly occurring given name on earth It is held by 1,749 people.
The last name Akara is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,650 people, or 1 in 66,846. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Rivers, where 26 percent live, Abia, where 22 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 15 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 43 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 14 percent live and Gabon, where 7 percent live.
Akara Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Akara surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Akara earn more than double the average income. In United States they earn 102.88% more than the national average, earning $87,542 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akara Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akara in the Bengali language | ||
| আকরা | akara | - |
| Akara in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆକରା | akara | 33.33 |
| ଅକରା | akara | 33.33 |
| ଅକର | akara | 33.33 |
| Akara in the Hindi language | ||
| अकरा | akara | 32 |
| आकारा | akara | 32 |
| अकारा | akara | 24 |
| अकारादेवी | akaradevi | 4 |
| ााकरा | aakara | 4 |
| ाकरा | akara | 4 |
| Akara in the Marathi language | ||
| अकारा | akara | 32 |
| आकारा | akara | 32 |
| एकारा | ekara | 20 |
| फ़ाकरा | fakara | 4 |
| आकरा | akara | 4 |
| एकरा | ekara | 4 |
| आकाश | akasa | 4 |
| Akara in the Russian language | ||
| Акара | akara | - |
| Akara in the Arabic language | ||
| اكرا | akra | - |
| آكرا | akra | - |
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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 Akara
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