Akegnan Surname

945,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 277 people bear this surname

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

Akegnan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Akegnan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast2681:86,0874,610
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Ghana41:6,755,17315,406

Akegnan (87) may also be a first name.

Akegnan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Akegnan is borne by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Akegnan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 945,594th most commonly occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 26,308,830 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 54 percent of Akegnan live; 54 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akegnan is also the 1,024,927th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 87 people.

The surname is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 268 people, or 1 in 86,087. In The Ivory Coast Akegnan is primarily concentrated in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 46 percent live, Comoé District, where 34 percent live and Lacs District, where 20 percent live. Outside of The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 2 percent live and Ghana, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akegnon864/
Okegnan861/
Akoegnon80842/
Achegnan80159/
Aquegnan8012/
Akognon71622/
Akagnon712/
Okagnan711/
Ekegnon711/
Ekagnon5741/
Ecagnon5715/
Okognon571/
Acognon571/
Okoignon535/
Achignon533/
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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 Akegnan
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