Akinah Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Akinah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Akinah (74) may also be a first name.
Akinah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akinah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akinah is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akinah? popularity and diffusion
Akinah is the 3,798,600th most common family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The last name Akinah occurs mostly in Africa, where 59 percent of Akinah reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 56 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akinah is also the 1,125,792nd most frequently held given name internationally, borne by 74 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria Akinah is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 53 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 47 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 37 percent live and Kenya, where 4 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 Akinah
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