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 surname Akoba (Arabic: اكوبا, Marathi: आकोबा) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Akoba.
How Common Is The Last Name Akoba? popularity and diffusion
It is the 680,882nd most commonly held surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 16,676,306 people. This surname is primarily found 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. It is also the 578,640th most frequently held given name in the world, held by 239 people.
The surname Akoba is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 147 people, or 1 in 1,205,053. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 70 percent reside, Cross River, where 14 percent reside and Kaduna, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 24 percent reside and Uganda, where 12 percent reside.
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
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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 Akoba
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