Akedan Surname

1,806,862nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 104 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Akedan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akedan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast1031:223,9939,237
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Akedan (62) may also be a first name.

Akedan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Akedan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Akedan is found most frequently in The Ivory Coast. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Akedan.

How Common Is The Last Name Akedan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,806,862nd most widespread surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. The last name Akedan is primarily found in Africa, where 10 percent of Akedan reside; 10 percent reside in West Africa and 9 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akedan is also the 1,246,114th most frequently occurring forename globally It is held by 62 people.

It is most widely held in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 103 people, or 1 in 223,993. In The Ivory Coast it is most prevalent in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 91 percent live and Bas-Sassandra District, where 9 percent live. Not including The Ivory Coast this surname exists in one country. It is also found in Niger, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akeddane864/
Akıdan8381/
Akodan8362/
Akidan8345/
Akadan8322/
Okedan833/
Aqedan831/
Acedan831/
Akaydan7747/
Akidang7719/
Hakidan7715/
Akuidan7711/
Akkadan776/
Aqeedan775/
Aquedan774/
Aqedane771/
Akhodan771/
Aukodan771/
Aikadan771/
Hachedan7172/
Akcaydan7165/
Eakidang711/
Okodan67633/
Okidan6793/
Akidon6726/
Okadan6722/
Acedon674/
Acodan672/
Akodon672/
Akadon672/
Ocedan671/
Akidam671/
Ekodan671/
Ekydan671/
Aqidan671/
Acadan671/

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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 Akedan
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