Akava Surname
Approximately 169 people bear this surname
Akava Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 73 | 1:284,508 | 26,965 |
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Cook Islands | 26 | 1:699 | 108 |
| India | 26 | 1:29,502,515 | 369,827 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Akava (542) may also be a first name.
Akava Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akava Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akava (Hindi: अकवाल, Marathi: अकवा, Russian: Акава) is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akava? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,328,442nd most commonly used surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 43,121,573 people. The last name Akava occurs predominantly in Africa, where 62 percent of Akava are found; 43 percent are found in Central Africa and 43 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Akava is also the 361,930th most widely held first name internationally It is held by 542 people.
The last name is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 73 people, or 1 in 284,508. In Cameroon Akava is most common in: Southwest Region, where 97 percent are found and West Region, where 1 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon Akava occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 18 percent are found and The Cook Islands, where 15 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akava Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akava in the Hindi language | ||
| अकवाल | akavala | - |
| Akava in the Marathi language | ||
| अकवा | akava | 48.65 |
| आकवा | akava | 40.54 |
| अकावा | akava | 5.41 |
| आकावा | akava | 2.7 |
| आकवाापा | akavaapa | 2.7 |
| Akava in the Russian language | ||
| Акава | akava | - |
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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 Akava
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