Akodo Surname
Approximately 2,154 people bear this surname
Akodo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,124 | 1:9,195 | 1,280 |
| Uganda | 489 | 1:79,835 | 8,563 |
| Togo | 420 | 1:17,257 | 5,159 |
| Nigeria | 96 | 1:1,845,237 | 66,383 |
| Ivory Coast | 9 | 1:2,563,470 | 41,100 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Akodo (37) may also be a first name.
Akodo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akodo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akodo has its highest incidence in Benin. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akodo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 194,964th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 3,383,262 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Akodo live; 77 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akodo is also the 1,688,769th most frequently occurring given name in the world. It is borne by 37 people.
The last name is most widespread in Benin, where it is borne by 1,124 people, or 1 in 9,195. In Benin it is mostly found in: Zou Department, where 46 percent live, Kouffo Department, where 26 percent live and Littoral Department, where 8 percent live. Barring Benin this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 23 percent live and Togo, where 19 percent live.
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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 Akodo
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