Akoth Surname
Approximately 96,895 people bear this surname
Akoth Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 81,526 | 1:566 | 77 |
| Uganda | 15,205 | 1:2,568 | 412 |
| Tanzania | 91 | 1:581,776 | 36,762 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| South Sudan | 9 | 1:1,268,342 | 1,210 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Akoth (18,106) may also be a first name.
Akoth Demographics
Akoth Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Akoth Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akoth Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akoth is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akoth? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,825th most numerous family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 75,211 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Akoth reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 80 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 40,653rd most frequently occurring given name internationally, held by 18,106 people.
The surname is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 81,526 people, or 1 in 566. In Kenya Akoth is most common in: Homa Bay County, where 24 percent are found, Kisumu County, where 22 percent are found and Siaya County, where 15 percent are found. Excluding Kenya this last name is found in 27 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 16 percent are found and Tanzania, where 0 percent are found.
Akoth Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Akoth last name is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Akoth earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 15.33% less than the national average, earning $36,536 USD per year.
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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 Akoth
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