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
Akawe has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Akawe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akawe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 216,733rd most commonly held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 3,849,734 people. The surname Akawe is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Akawe are found; 93 percent are found in West Africa and 93 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akawe is also the 683,417th most frequently used first name globally It is held by 178 people.
The surname Akawe is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,461 people, or 1 in 121,248. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 60 percent live, Delta, where 11 percent live and Nasarawa, where 9 percent live. Barring Nigeria this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 16 percent live and Namibia, where 3 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 Akawe
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