Ako Surname
Approximately 41,506 people bear this surname
Ako Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8,618 | 1:20,555 | 1,874 |
| Cameroon | 8,515 | 1:2,439 | 267 |
| Japan | 4,940 | 1:25,879 | 2,687 |
| Ivory Coast | 4,447 | 1:5,188 | 471 |
| Ghana | 4,156 | 1:6,502 | 883 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2,225 | 1:3,665 | 184 |
| Tanzania | 1,700 | 1:31,142 | 3,688 |
| Niger | 1,053 | 1:18,226 | 1,168 |
| Togo | 945 | 1:7,670 | 1,744 |
| Benin | 892 | 1:11,587 | 1,582 |
| Indonesia | 845 | 1:156,508 | 15,291 |
| France | 535 | 1:124,155 | 18,857 |
| Egypt | 519 | 1:177,140 | 13,144 |
| United States | 392 | 1:924,640 | 69,378 |
| Iran | 219 | 1:350,605 | 23,438 |
| DR Congo | 205 | 1:360,388 | 31,424 |
| India | 151 | 1:5,079,903 | 126,627 |
| England | 148 | 1:376,473 | 26,505 |
| Solomon Islands | 125 | 1:4,640 | 603 |
| Israel | 109 | 1:78,510 | 9,522 |
| Congo | 96 | 1:51,970 | 4,780 |
| Philippines | 93 | 1:1,088,583 | 89,772 |
| Iraq | 79 | 1:443,312 | 7,666 |
| Afghanistan | 58 | 1:554,365 | 6,714 |
| Uganda | 56 | 1:697,130 | 35,026 |
| Pakistan | 53 | 1:3,370,639 | 25,973 |
| Botswana | 39 | 1:56,075 | 10,323 |
| Slovakia | 31 | 1:172,144 | 29,813 |
| Taiwan | 29 | 1:808,440 | 5,718 |
| Turkey | 23 | 1:3,383,540 | 91,291 |
| Burkina Faso | 20 | 1:917,605 | 9,572 |
| Sweden | 18 | 1:547,042 | 39,827 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| Kenya | 12 | 1:3,848,325 | 40,366 |
| Canada | 10 | 1:3,684,559 | 191,443 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| Mali | 9 | 1:1,885,448 | 1,868 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
The alternate forms: Akó (1) are calculated separately.
Ako (18,588) may also be a first name.
Ako Demographics
Average Male Ako Height
171.03 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Ako Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ako Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ako (Arabic: اكو, Hindi: अको, Marathi: आको) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Akó. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ako? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 13,456th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 175,578 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 71 percent of Ako are found; 44 percent are found in West Africa and 41 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 39,923rd most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 18,588 people.
The last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 8,618 people, or 1 in 20,555. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 26 percent reside, Imo, where 13 percent reside and Anambra, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 75 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 21 percent reside and Japan, where 12 percent reside.
Ako Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Ako surname is principally Christian (95%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Ako are 33.95% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 87.18% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Ako earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 23.64% more than the national average, earning $53,350 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.58% less than the national average, earning $46,412 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ako Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ako in the Marathi language | ||
| आको | ako | 98.17 |
| अको | ako | 0.79 |
| Ako in the Hindi language | ||
| अको | ako | 80.39 |
| आको | ako | 19.61 |
| Ako in the Arabic language | ||
| اكو | akw | - |
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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
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- 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 Ako
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