Akegnan Surname
Approximately 277 people bear this surname
Akegnan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 268 | 1:86,087 | 4,610 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
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 surname Akegnan occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akegnan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 945,594th most common last name globally, held by around 1 in 26,308,830 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 54 percent of Akegnan are found; 54 percent are found in West Africa and 54 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,024,927th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 87 people.
It is most frequently occurring in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 268 people, or 1 in 86,087. In The Ivory Coast it is primarily concentrated in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 46 percent reside, Comoé District, where 34 percent reside and Lacs District, where 20 percent reside. Apart from The Ivory Coast this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent reside and Ghana, where 1 percent reside.
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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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