Akinnuwa Surname

1,478,479th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 143 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Akinnuwa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Akinnuwa Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1381:1,283,64351,044
England21:27,859,030389,889
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Akinnuwa Last Name Facts

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

Akinnuwa is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Akinnuwa? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,478,479th most commonly used last name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Akinnuwa reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Akinnuwa is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 138 people, or 1 in 1,283,643. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ondo, where 55 percent reside, Lagos, where 14 percent reside and Oyo, where 7 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Akinnuwa exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akinnuwe8869/
Akinniwa8835/
Akennuwa885/
Akinnuwi881/
Akinnuwo881/
Akinnnuwe821/
Oknnuwa801/
Akinnowo75126/
Akinniwo7521/
Akinnubo751/
Akinnnubi716/
Aakinnubi713/
Okeunnuwa713/
Aknuwe711/
Aknuvi571/
Aknieva5317/
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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 Akinnuwa
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