Akilou Surname
Approximately 2,122 people bear this surname
Akilou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 1,875 | 1:10,236 | 781 |
| Benin | 216 | 1:47,850 | 6,056 |
| Cameroon | 20 | 1:1,038,453 | 65,513 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Ivory Coast | 3 | 1:7,690,411 | 57,263 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Akilou (3,403) may also be a first name.
Akilou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akilou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akilou is found most in Niger. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akilou? popularity and diffusion
Akilou is the 197,341st most frequently used surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 3,434,282 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Akilou are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 122,064th most widely held given name in the world It is held by 3,403 people.
The surname Akilou is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is borne by 1,875 people, or 1 in 10,236. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Tahoua Region, where 48 percent live, Tillabéri Region, where 27 percent live and Dosso Region, where 13 percent live. Aside from Niger Akilou occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 10 percent live and Cameroon, where 1 percent live.
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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 Akilou
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