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 most common in Niger. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Akilou.
How Common Is The Last Name Akilou? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 197,341st most common last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,434,282 people. The last name Akilou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Akilou live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 122,064th most commonly held first name world-wide, held by 3,403 people.
The last name Akilou is most widely held in Niger, where it is carried by 1,875 people, or 1 in 10,236. In Niger it is mostly found in: Tahoua Region, where 48 percent are found, Tillabéri Region, where 27 percent are found and Dosso Region, where 13 percent are found. Beside Niger this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 10 percent are found and Cameroon, where 1 percent are found.
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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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