Akongu Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Akongu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 27 | 1:6,560,843 | 154,927 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Akongu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akongu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akongu is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akongu? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,602,217th most numerous last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Akongu are found; 90 percent are found in West Africa and 90 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 27 people, or 1 in 6,560,843. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Benue, where 89 percent live, Ekiti, where 4 percent live and Lagos, where 4 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Belgium, where 3 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 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 Akongu
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