Akatek Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Akatek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Akatek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akatek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akatek occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akatek? popularity and diffusion
The surname Akatek is the 5,391,485th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname Akatek occurs mostly in Africa, where 92 percent of Akatek reside; 92 percent reside in Central Africa and 92 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 1,730,756. In Cameroon Akatek is mostly concentrated in: Northwest Region, where 83 percent are found and Southwest Region, where 17 percent are found. Beside Cameroon this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 8 percent are found.
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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 Akatek
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