Akodegbe Surname

1,009,375th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 252 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Akodegbe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akodegbe Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin1801:57,4207,121
Nigeria621:2,857,14190,271
Congo91:554,34412,633
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669

Akodegbe (199) may also be a first name.

Akodegbe Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Akodegbe Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Akodegbe is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Akodegbe? popularity and diffusion

The surname Akodegbe is the 1,009,375th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 28,918,833 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Akodegbe are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akodegbe is also the 642,605th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 199 people.

It is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 180 people, or 1 in 57,420. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Ouémé Department, where 38 percent are found, Plateau Department, where 33 percent are found and Kouffo Department, where 13 percent are found. Not including Benin this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 25 percent are found and The Congo, where 4 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akoodegbe941/
Akodigbe887/
Akodogbe881/
Akodagbe881/
Accodegbe829/
Okodogbe75463/
Okedegbe7515/
Okudegbe751/
Okuidegbe7118/
Okhedegbe711/
Okhudegbe711/
Okhudeigbe671/
Okodigba6327/
Okadigbe632/

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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 Akodegbe
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