Aken Surname
Approximately 3,072 people bear this surname
Aken Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 644 | 1:275,066 | 15,610 |
| United States | 539 | 1:672,466 | 53,587 |
| Papua New Guinea | 373 | 1:21,860 | 2,350 |
| Cameroon | 362 | 1:57,373 | 7,409 |
| India | 262 | 1:2,927,730 | 88,513 |
| Netherlands | 205 | 1:82,376 | 13,768 |
| Indonesia | 192 | 1:688,798 | 53,601 |
| Malaysia | 111 | 1:265,714 | 14,862 |
| England | 61 | 1:913,411 | 46,955 |
| Iraq | 47 | 1:745,142 | 10,632 |
| Kazakhstan | 40 | 1:442,062 | 33,686 |
| Burkina Faso | 31 | 1:592,003 | 7,564 |
| Ivory Coast | 27 | 1:854,490 | 22,281 |
| South Africa | 25 | 1:2,167,108 | 94,352 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| Australia | 12 | 1:2,249,642 | 97,973 |
| Belgium | 11 | 1:1,045,149 | 78,166 |
| Northern Ireland | 11 | 1:167,731 | 8,683 |
| Russia | 11 | 1:13,102,096 | 377,010 |
| China | 10 | 1:136,732,157 | 7,199 |
| Turkey | 10 | 1:7,782,142 | 126,629 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 8 | 1:746,582 | 48,952 |
| Algeria | 6 | 1:6,438,592 | 53,709 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1:1,509,441 | 47,971 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 30 | 1:812,512 | 35,970 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:623,869 | 16,225 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 342 | 1:146,838 | 13,702 |
Aken (2,179) may also be a first name.
Aken Demographics
Average Aken Salary in
United States
$45,501 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Aken Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aken Come From? nationality or country of origin
Aken (Hindi: एकें, Marathi: आकेन, Russian: Акен) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Aken? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 144,603rd most prevalent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 2,372,248 people. Aken is mostly found in Africa, where 36 percent of Aken are found; 23 percent are found in West Africa and 23 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Aken is also the 160,574th most prevalent forename on earth, held by 2,179 people.
Aken is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 644 people, or 1 in 275,066. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Rivers, where 38 percent reside, Taraba, where 29 percent reside and Edo, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 48 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 18 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 12 percent reside.
Aken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Aken has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Aken surname grew 158 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 203 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Aken Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Aken last name are 1.67% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 51.56% being registered with the political party.
The amount Aken earn in different countries varies somewhat. In South Africa they earn 0% less than the national average, earning R 237,636 per year and in United States they earn 5.45% more than the national average, earning $45,501 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Aken Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Aken in the Hindi language | ||
| एकें | ekem | - |
| Aken in the Marathi language | ||
| आकेन | akena | 96.35 |
| अकेन | akena | 3.65 |
| Aken in the Russian language | ||
| Акен | aken | - |
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Aken Reference & Research
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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 Aken
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis