Akawai Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Akawai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Akawai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akawai Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akawai is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akawai? popularity and diffusion
Akawai is the 4,034,050th most frequently held family name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The last name Akawai is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Akawai reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria Akawai is most numerous in: Nasarawa, where 42 percent reside, Rivers, where 42 percent reside and Bayelsa, where 8 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 42 percent reside and Cameroon, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Akawai
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