Akossiwa Surname
Approximately 17 people bear this surname
Akossiwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Akossiwa (33,482) may also be a first name.
Akossiwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akossiwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akossiwa is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Akossiwa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,772,636th most widespread family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 82 percent of Akossiwa live; 59 percent live in West Africa and 47 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akossiwa is also the 25,579th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 33,482 people.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria Akossiwa is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 24 percent reside and Senegal, where 12 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 Akossiwa
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