Akongo Surname
Approximately 22,962 people bear this surname
Akongo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 20,173 | 1:1,935 | 293 |
| Kenya | 1,216 | 1:37,977 | 4,058 |
| DR Congo | 1,149 | 1:64,299 | 7,596 |
| Cameroon | 159 | 1:130,623 | 14,745 |
| Nigeria | 133 | 1:1,331,900 | 52,479 |
| Benin | 40 | 1:258,390 | 22,474 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| Congo | 21 | 1:237,576 | 8,534 |
| South Sudan | 16 | 1:713,442 | 947 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Akongo (128) may also be a first name.
Akongo Demographics
Akongo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Akongo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akongo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akongo is held by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Akongo.
How Common Is The Last Name Akongo? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 23,601st most frequent family name internationally, held by around 1 in 317,374 people. The last name Akongo occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Akongo are found; 93 percent are found in East Africa and 78 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 821,896th most common first name globally It is held by 128 people.
Akongo is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is held by 20,173 people, or 1 in 1,935. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Tororo District, where 26 percent reside, Abim District, where 12 percent reside and Kitgum District, where 6 percent reside. Aside from Uganda this surname exists in 22 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 5 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 5 percent reside.
Akongo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Akongo
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