Akobo Surname
Approximately 1,028 people bear this surname
Akobo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 808 | 1:219,236 | 12,962 |
| Uganda | 76 | 1:513,675 | 29,105 |
| Benin | 63 | 1:164,057 | 16,557 |
| Cameroon | 35 | 1:593,402 | 45,326 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
| Congo | 5 | 1:997,819 | 17,129 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
Akobo (211) may also be a first name.
Akobo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akobo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akobo is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of Akobo.
How Common Is The Last Name Akobo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 353,999th most commonly held last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 7,089,052 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Akobo are found; 85 percent are found in West Africa and 85 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akobo is also the 622,565th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 211 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 808 people, or 1 in 219,236. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Benue, where 41 percent reside, Rivers, where 26 percent reside and Cross River, where 9 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 7 percent reside and Benin, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Akobo
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