Akotenou Surname

564,325th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 561 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Benin
Highest density in:
Benin

Akotenou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Akotenou Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Benin5591:18,4892,487
Nigeria21:88,571,379625,098

Akotenou (22) may also be a first name.

Akotenou Last Name Facts

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

The surname Akotenou is more frequently found in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Akotenou? popularity and diffusion

The surname Akotenou is the 564,325th most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 12,990,278 people. The surname Akotenou is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Akotenou reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequent forename throughout the world, held by 22 people.

This surname is most common in Benin, where it is carried by 559 people, or 1 in 18,489. In Benin it is primarily concentrated in: Ouémé Department, where 92 percent live, Zou Department, where 3 percent live and Littoral Department, where 2 percent live. Aside from Benin it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akotegnou942/
Akoutenou941/
Akodtenou941/
Akotenu937/
Akotegnoh821/
Akotino802/
Gakothena711/
Ocoteno6772/
Akotina676/
Acateno671/

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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 Akotenou
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