Akaso Surname
Approximately 738 people bear this surname
Akaso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 619 | 1:286,176 | 16,110 |
| Papua New Guinea | 53 | 1:153,844 | 21,244 |
| Uganda | 46 | 1:848,680 | 39,357 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
Akaso (252) may also be a first name.
Akaso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akaso Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akaso (Marathi: आकासो, Oriya: ଆକାଶ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akaso? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 458,119th most commonly used family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 9,874,723 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Akaso reside; 84 percent reside in West Africa and 84 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akaso is also the 561,423rd most widely held forename world-wide. It is borne by 252 people.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 619 people, or 1 in 286,176. In Nigeria Akaso is primarily found in: Plateau, where 30 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 26 percent reside and Kogi, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent reside and Uganda, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akaso Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akaso in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆକାଶ | akasa | - |
| Akaso in the Marathi language | ||
| आकासो | akaso | - |
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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 Akaso
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