Akenuwa Surname

411,457th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 848 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Akenuwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akenuwa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria8261:214,45912,741
England111:5,065,278148,650
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Senegal21:7,289,6718,117
Northern Ireland11:1,845,03620,648
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Akenuwa (37) may also be a first name.

Akenuwa Last Name Facts

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

Akenuwa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Akenuwa? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 411,457th most frequent last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 8,593,804 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Akenuwa reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,688,769th most frequently held forename world-wide, borne by 37 people.

The surname Akenuwa is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 826 people, or 1 in 214,459. In Nigeria Akenuwa is mostly found in: Edo, where 72 percent live, Lagos, where 14 percent live and Kaduna, where 3 percent live. Beside Nigeria Akenuwa exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Akenuwa Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akhenuwa931/
Akenuway931/
Akinuwa8619/
Akeniwa862/
Ekenuwa862/
Akenuwe861/
Akinguwa803/
Akinhuwa801/
Akanouwa801/
Akanauwa801/
Achenuwah757/
Okeunnuwa753/
Okenywa7151/
Akaniwa7110/
Akiniwa7110/
Akinuba719/
Okonuwa715/
Akinuwe713/
Ekeniwa711/
Akanuwo711/
Ekenuwei674/
Okonuwah674/
Okonnuwa671/
Akonuwei671/
Okaniwa574,087/
Akinowo5743/
Okenubi5728/
Akaniwo5717/
Ekoniwa574/
Akinube572/
Akinubo571/
Okinuba571/
Akiniwo571/
Okeniva571/
Ekeniwei5310/
Achinuwi535/
Achinuwe535/
Akanniwo533/
Akaniwoh533/
Akhinube531/
Akinowuo531/

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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 Akenuwa
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