Akorah Surname
Approximately 205 people bear this surname
Akorah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 195 | 1:908,424 | 39,344 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Akorah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akorah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akorah occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akorah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Akorah is the 1,163,787th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 35,549,004 people. Akorah is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Akorah live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 195 people, or 1 in 908,424. In Nigeria Akorah is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 44 percent are found, Delta, where 25 percent are found and Kogi, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent are found and Scotland, where 1 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
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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 Akorah
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