Akosua Surname

122,500th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 3,732 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ghana
Highest density in:
Ghana

Akosua Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akosua Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ghana3,6711:7,361992
England181:3,095,448105,421
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Akosua (32,690) may also be a first name.

Akosua Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Akosua Come From? nationality or country of origin

Akosua (Russian: Акосуа) is borne by more people in Ghana than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Akosua.

How Common Is The Last Name Akosua? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 122,500th most commonly held surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,952,719 people. The surname Akosua occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Akosua reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 26,074th most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 32,690 people.

This surname is most widely held in Ghana, where it is held by 3,671 people, or 1 in 7,361. Barring Ghana this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also common in England, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.

Akosua Last Name Statistics demography

Akosua earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 49.01% less than the national average, earning $22,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akossua9237/
Akoshua921/
Akasua8311/
Akozua832/
Okosua832/
Akoswa831/
Akusua831/
Akossouha802/
Akaasua771/
Okoosua771/
Akoswaa771/
Okoysua771/
Akaaszua711/
Akazua67245/
Akusba6720/
Akezua6717/
Ekesua6712/
Acosba676/
Okozua674/
Okusua673/
Akojuo673/
Akuzua672/
Akeswa672/
Okojua671/
Akacua671/
Okesua671/
Akajua671/
Okocua671/
Akasuo671/
Acosva671/
Ocasua671/

Akosua Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Akosua in the Russian language
Акосуаakosua-

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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 Akosua
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