Akon Surname
Approximately 30,751 people bear this surname
Akon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 17,032 | 1:9,356 | 797 |
| South Sudan | 6,341 | 1:1,800 | 359 |
| Nigeria | 1,990 | 1:89,016 | 6,214 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,336 | 1:17,269 | 1,338 |
| Cameroon | 795 | 1:26,125 | 3,559 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Morocco | 375 | 1:91,936 | 15,801 |
| India | 267 | 1:2,872,904 | 87,446 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| Papua New Guinea | 239 | 1:34,116 | 4,010 |
| Benin | 204 | 1:50,665 | 6,381 |
| Indonesia | 189 | 1:699,731 | 54,319 |
| Malaysia | 155 | 1:190,285 | 11,318 |
| Pakistan | 125 | 1:1,429,151 | 15,867 |
| Egypt | 122 | 1:753,572 | 38,342 |
| Philippines | 100 | 1:1,012,382 | 86,556 |
| United States | 81 | 1:4,474,802 | 235,715 |
| Uganda | 80 | 1:487,991 | 28,240 |
| Iraq | 79 | 1:443,312 | 7,666 |
| United Arab Emirates | 72 | 1:127,254 | 10,508 |
| Iran | 66 | 1:1,163,372 | 50,804 |
| Turkey | 51 | 1:1,525,910 | 59,107 |
| Greece | 31 | 1:357,413 | 49,581 |
| Qatar | 28 | 1:84,214 | 9,043 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Australia | 25 | 1:1,079,828 | 61,253 |
| Canada | 22 | 1:1,674,800 | 111,190 |
| Russia | 21 | 1:6,863,003 | 268,198 |
| Kazakhstan | 20 | 1:884,125 | 54,571 |
| England | 18 | 1:3,095,448 | 105,421 |
| Kenya | 14 | 1:3,298,564 | 38,706 |
| Belgium | 13 | 1:884,357 | 69,774 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| New Caledonia | 4 | 1:69,056 | 6,678 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Azerbaijan | 3 | 1:3,216,374 | 32,290 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 1:51,937,985 | 2,166 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Akon (53,713) may also be a first name.
Akon Demographics
Akon Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Akon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akon (Hindi: अकों, Marathi: आकोन, Russian: Акон) is found in Bangladesh more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Akon.
How Common Is The Last Name Akon? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 17,965th most widely held last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 236,986 people. The surname Akon is mostly found in Asia, where 60 percent of Akon reside; 57 percent reside in South Asia and 56 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 17,403rd most widely held given name worldwide, borne by 53,713 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Bangladesh, where it is carried by 17,032 people, or 1 in 9,356. Barring Bangladesh it exists in 77 countries. It is also found in South Sudan, where 21 percent live and Nigeria, where 6 percent live.
Akon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Akon has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 2,700 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Akon Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Akon last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Akon last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered with the political party.
The amount Akon earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 88.37% less than the national average, earning €3,491 per year; in United States they earn 44.97% less than the national average, earning $23,744 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.07% less than the national average, earning $41,202 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akon in the Hindi language | ||
| अकों | akom | - |
| Akon in the Marathi language | ||
| आकोन | akona | 66.67 |
| अकोन | akona | 33.33 |
| Akon in the Russian language | ||
| Акон | akon | - |
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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 Akon
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