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
Akoso is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akoso? popularity and diffusion
It is the 309,963rd most frequent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 5,993,048 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Akoso live; 73 percent live in West Africa and 73 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 873,022nd most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 115 people.
The last name Akoso is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 882 people, or 1 in 200,842. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Benue, where 69 percent reside, Bayelsa, where 9 percent reside and Taraba, where 4 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 9 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 17 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 9 percent reside.
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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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