Akong Surname
Approximately 7,035 people bear this surname
Akong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,832 | 1:46,227 | 3,589 |
| Cameroon | 1,154 | 1:17,997 | 2,447 |
| Uganda | 961 | 1:40,624 | 5,162 |
| Malaysia | 316 | 1:93,336 | 6,482 |
| Indonesia | 284 | 1:465,666 | 38,509 |
| Philippines | 193 | 1:524,550 | 60,401 |
| Papua New Guinea | 89 | 1:91,615 | 12,219 |
| United States | 55 | 1:6,590,162 | 310,708 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 49 | 1:27,836 | 2,953 |
| South Sudan | 36 | 1:317,085 | 679 |
| Canada | 21 | 1:1,754,552 | 114,935 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Kenya | 7 | 1:6,597,129 | 51,431 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Akong (2,047) may also be a first name.
Akong Demographics
Akong Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Akong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akong is found most in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akong? popularity and diffusion
Akong is the 70,280th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,035,898 people. The surname Akong occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Akong live; 54 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akong is also the 166,722nd most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 2,047 people.
This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3,832 people, or 1 in 46,227. In Nigeria Akong is most common in: Cross River, where 85 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 3 percent reside and Lagos, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname exists in 20 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 16 percent reside and Uganda, where 14 percent reside.
Akong Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Akong earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 2.64% more than the national average, earning $44,289 USD per year and in Canada they earn 120.71% more than the national average, earning $109,655 CAD per year.
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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 Akong
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