Akoba Surname
Approximately 437 people bear this surname
Akoba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 147 | 1:1,205,053 | 48,659 |
| Benin | 106 | 1:97,506 | 11,150 |
| Uganda | 52 | 1:750,755 | 36,601 |
| Cameroon | 49 | 1:423,859 | 35,946 |
| Turkey | 36 | 1:2,161,706 | 72,332 |
| India | 32 | 1:23,970,793 | 327,222 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
Akoba (239) may also be a first name.
Akoba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akoba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akoba (Arabic: اكوبا, Marathi: आकोबा) is most common in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akoba? popularity and diffusion
Akoba is the 680,882nd most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 16,676,306 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 83 percent of Akoba are found; 59 percent are found in West Africa and 59 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akoba is also the 578,640th most commonly used given name globally. It is borne by 239 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 147 people, or 1 in 1,205,053. In Nigeria Akoba is most numerous in: Rivers, where 70 percent are found, Cross River, where 14 percent are found and Kaduna, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria Akoba exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 24 percent are found and Uganda, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akoba Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akoba in the Marathi language | ||
| आकोबा | akoba | 65.04 |
| अकोबा | akoba | 17.95 |
| एकोबा | ekoba | 16.7 |
| अाकोबा | aakoba | 0.1 |
| हकोबा | hakoba | 0.1 |
| Akoba in the Arabic language | ||
| اكوبا | akwba | - |
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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 Akoba
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