Akawa Surname
Approximately 4,209 people bear this surname
Akawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 2,606 | 1:28,350 | 3,560 |
| Japan | 675 | 1:189,399 | 8,731 |
| Namibia | 411 | 1:5,862 | 1,138 |
| Nigeria | 360 | 1:492,063 | 24,644 |
| Ivory Coast | 42 | 1:549,315 | 16,834 |
| Niger | 38 | 1:505,053 | 13,208 |
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| Cameroon | 29 | 1:716,175 | 51,453 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Akawa (239) may also be a first name.
Akawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akawa (Marathi: अकावा) is more commonly found in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 110,427th most common surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 1,731,420 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 83 percent of Akawa live; 62 percent live in Central Africa and 62 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 578,640th most widely held first name in the world, held by 239 people.
The last name Akawa is most common in The DR Congo, where it is held by 2,606 people, or 1 in 28,350. Not including The DR Congo it exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in Japan, where 16 percent reside and Namibia, where 10 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akawa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akawa in the Marathi language | ||
| अकावा | 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
- 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 Akawa
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