Akoso Surname
Approximately 1,216 people bear this surname
Akoso Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 882 | 1:200,842 | 12,034 |
| Cameroon | 203 | 1:102,311 | 12,070 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Papua New Guinea | 11 | 1:741,247 | 83,447 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
Akoso (115) may also be a first name.
Akoso Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akoso Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akoso is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Akoso? popularity and diffusion
The last name Akoso is the 309,963rd most commonly occurring last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 5,993,048 people. Akoso occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Akoso are found; 73 percent are found in West Africa and 73 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 873,022nd most commonly held first name at a global level. It is borne by 115 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 882 people, or 1 in 200,842. In Nigeria Akoso is primarily found in: Benue, where 69 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 9 percent are found and Taraba, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria Akoso occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 17 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 9 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
- 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 Akoso
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