Akav Surname

447,670th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 761 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Israel

Akav Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akav Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4161:425,82422,047
Israel3051:28,0584,061
Turkey221:3,537,33793,247
Ukraine101:4,552,270216,874
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459

Akav (62) may also be a first name.

Akav Last Name Facts

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

Akav (Hindi: अकाव, Russian: Акав) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Akav? popularity and diffusion

The surname Akav is the 447,670th most frequently occurring family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,576,276 people. Akav is predominantly found in Africa, where 55 percent of Akav live; 55 percent live in West Africa and 55 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,246,114th most frequent first name at a global level It is held by 62 people.

Akav is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 416 people, or 1 in 425,824. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 92 percent live, Nasarawa, where 6 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 1 percent live. Not including Nigeria Akav occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in Israel, where 40 percent live and Turkey, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akaev8914,451/
Akaav8910/
Akcav898/
Akhav894/
Akaiv892/
Akhaev80971/
Akkaev80380/
Akaaiv80120/
Aykaev80117/
Hakaev8060/
Agkaev8024/
Aikaev802/
Akkaiv801/
Aakaiv801/
Ahakav801/
Aukaev801/
Akahav801/
Aekaev801/
Akaf75437/
Akov75391/
Akaw75163/
Okav7564/
Akev7553/
Ekav756/
Acav751/
Akavova73247/
Aykhaev7334/
Hakkaev7319/
Aukhaev734/
Hahkaev731/
Haukaev731/
Akaahav731/
Akkhaev731/
Akova673,437/
Akowa67537/
Akoev67486/
Gakov67242/
Akhov67192/
Akeev67178/
Đakov67177/
Akaab67148/
Okaev67111/
Hakov67108/
Ekaev67100/
Atkov6787/
Aykov6787/
Akkaf6755/
Ahkaf6753/
Akuov6752/
Akafe6742/
Gacav6736/
Ackov6735/
Aycav6720/
Aikov6717/
Akaew6714/
Hakaf6711/
Ahkaw679/
Aukov677/
Akkaw675/
Akhavova674/
Askaw674/
Azkov674/
Aikaw674/
Ekhav673/
Aakaf673/
Gokav673/
Akeab672/
Aykaw672/
Hakaw672/
Atkaf672/
Akauw672/
Akhaf671/
Gakaw671/
Ekaiv671/
Ahqav671/
Akaaf671/
Ascav671/
Adkaw671/
Okhav671/
Ackaf671/
Akawt671/
Akqaf671/
Ajkaw671/
Aikaf671/
Akkov671/
Azkaf671/
Hakev671/
Aukaf671/
Aukev671/

Akav Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Akav in the Hindi language
अकावakava66.67
आकवakava33.33
Akav in the Russian language
Акавakav-

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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 Akav
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