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 surname Akawe is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akawe? popularity and diffusion
Akawe is the 216,733rd most frequently occurring family name worldwide, held by around 1 in 3,849,734 people. It is primarily 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 numerous first name world-wide, held by 178 people.
The surname Akawe is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,461 people, or 1 in 121,248. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Benue, where 60 percent live, Delta, where 11 percent live and Nasarawa, where 9 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also found 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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