Akebo Surname
Approximately 246 people bear this surname
Akebo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 116 | 1:336,546 | 22,436 |
| Ivory Coast | 75 | 1:307,616 | 11,461 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Akebo (73) may also be a first name.
Akebo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akebo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akebo is found most in Uganda. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Akebo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Akebo is the 1,025,894th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,624,170 people. The surname Akebo occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Akebo are found; 47 percent are found in East Africa and 47 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,134,117th most frequent first name on earth, held by 73 people.
The last name Akebo is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is borne by 116 people, or 1 in 336,546. In Uganda it is mostly found in: Amuria District, where 36 percent live, Soroti District, where 35 percent live and Kaberamaido District, where 20 percent live. Barring Uganda this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 30 percent live and The DR Congo, where 14 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 Akebo
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