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
The surname Akobo is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Akobo.
How Common Is The Last Name Akobo? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 353,999th most widely held family name in the world It is held by around 1 in 7,089,052 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Akobo live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akobo is also the 622,565th most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 211 people.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 808 people, or 1 in 219,236. In Nigeria Akobo is primarily found in: Benue, where 41 percent are found, Rivers, where 26 percent are found and Cross River, where 9 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it is found in 14 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 7 percent are found and Benin, where 6 percent are found.
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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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