Akawe Surname
Approximately 1,893 people bear this surname
Akawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,461 | 1:121,248 | 8,002 |
| Benin | 299 | 1:34,567 | 4,484 |
| Namibia | 58 | 1:41,541 | 5,523 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| Cameroon | 8 | 1:2,596,134 | 118,056 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Akawe (178) may also be a first name.
Akawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akawe is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akawe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 216,733rd most commonly occurring last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 3,849,734 people. Akawe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Akawe reside; 93 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 683,417th most frequently used first name internationally. It is borne by 178 people.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,461 people, or 1 in 121,248. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Benue, where 60 percent reside, Delta, where 11 percent reside and Nasarawa, where 9 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Akawe exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 16 percent reside and Namibia, where 3 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
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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 Akawe
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