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
Akoja is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akoja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 387,397th most common surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 7,955,836 people. The surname Akoja is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Akoja live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,246,114th most widespread first name at a global level It is held by 62 people.
The surname Akoja is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 869 people, or 1 in 203,847. In Nigeria Akoja is most prevalent in: Lagos, where 30 percent are found, Ondo, where 23 percent are found and Kogi, where 9 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent are found and India, where 2 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 Akoja
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