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
The surname Akoth occurs more in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akoth? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,825th most widespread last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 75,211 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Akoth live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 80 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 40,653rd most widely held first name internationally, borne by 18,106 people.
It is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is borne by 81,526 people, or 1 in 566. In Kenya Akoth is primarily found in: Homa Bay County, where 24 percent live, Kisumu County, where 22 percent live and Siaya County, where 15 percent live. Not including Kenya this surname exists in 27 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 16 percent live and Tanzania, where 0 percent live.
Akoth Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Akoth last name is principally 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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