Aklegan Surname

1,484,726th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 142 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Aklegan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Aklegan 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
Benin1411:73,3028,816
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972

Aklegan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Aklegan is most common in Benin. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Aklegan? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,484,726th most frequent surname globally It is held by around 1 in 51,320,746 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Aklegan live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

It is most commonly held in Benin, where it is borne by 141 people, or 1 in 73,302. In Benin it is most numerous in: Zou Department, where 85 percent are found, Atlantique Department, where 9 percent are found and Kouffo Department, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Benin this surname occurs in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.

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
Aclegan8643/
Aklogan864/
Acclegan801/
Acilgan7111/
Oklagan712/
Aclagan711/
O'Callaghan5623,529/
Haclagon537/
Ocllaghan502/
Acclagoun501/

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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 Aklegan
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