Akirga Surname
Approximately 182 people bear this surname
Akirga Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 180 | 1:984,126 | 41,775 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Akirga (58) may also be a first name.
Akirga Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akirga Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akirga is most common in Nigeria. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akirga? popularity and diffusion
Akirga is the 1,263,456th most frequently held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 40,041,461 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Akirga reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,295,729th most commonly used forename in the world It is held by 58 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 180 people, or 1 in 984,126. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 82 percent live, Taraba, where 18 percent live and Rivers, where 1 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and Ghana, 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 Akirga
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