Akawah Surname
Approximately 82 people bear this surname
Akawah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 81 | 1:2,186,948 | 74,923 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Akawah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akawah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akawah is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akawah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,075,631st most frequently held family name globally, borne by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Akawah reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Akawah is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 81 people, or 1 in 2,186,948. In Nigeria Akawah is most frequent in: Taraba, where 79 percent live, Lagos, where 9 percent live and Rivers, where 7 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also found in Ghana, where 1 percent live.
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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 Akawah
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