Akoja Surname
Approximately 916 people bear this surname
Akoja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 869 | 1:203,847 | 12,173 |
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
Akoja (62) may also be a first name.
Akoja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akoja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akoja occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akoja? popularity and diffusion
The surname Akoja is the 387,397th most common family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 7,955,836 people. The surname Akoja occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Akoja are found; 95 percent are found in West Africa and 95 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akoja is also the 1,246,114th most frequent forename in the world. It is borne by 62 people.
Akoja is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 869 people, or 1 in 203,847. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Lagos, where 30 percent live, Ondo, where 23 percent live and Kogi, where 9 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent live and India, where 2 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 Akoja
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