Akoto Surname
Approximately 44,510 people bear this surname
Akoto Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 38,584 | 1:700 | 102 |
| Togo | 2,205 | 1:3,287 | 494 |
| Ivory Coast | 643 | 1:35,881 | 2,376 |
| Benin | 601 | 1:17,197 | 2,332 |
| Kenya | 577 | 1:80,034 | 7,397 |
| Nigeria | 542 | 1:326,832 | 17,905 |
| United States | 359 | 1:1,009,635 | 74,488 |
| England | 241 | 1:231,195 | 19,235 |
| Uganda | 204 | 1:191,369 | 15,594 |
| Egypt | 153 | 1:600,887 | 32,813 |
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| France | 66 | 1:1,006,405 | 112,047 |
| Canada | 32 | 1:1,151,425 | 83,867 |
| Germany | 21 | 1:3,833,593 | 163,016 |
| South Africa | 19 | 1:2,851,458 | 109,033 |
| Liberia | 12 | 1:367,378 | 19,503 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Burkina Faso | 4 | 1:4,588,025 | 21,573 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
Akoto (4,510) may also be a first name.
Akoto Demographics
Akoto Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Akoto Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akoto Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akoto (Russian: Акото) is held by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akoto? popularity and diffusion
It is the 12,607th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 163,728 people. The surname Akoto occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Akoto reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akoto is also the 102,456th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 4,510 people.
The surname Akoto is most commonly used in Ghana, where it is carried by 38,584 people, or 1 in 700. Apart from Ghana Akoto occurs in 52 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 5 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent live.
Akoto Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Akoto surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Akoto last name are 42.22% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 95.45% being registered with the party.
The amount Akoto earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 1.58% less than the national average, earning R 233,892 per year; in United States they earn 18.11% more than the national average, earning $50,963 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.47% more than the national average, earning $50,412 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akoto Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akoto in the Russian language | ||
| Акото | akoto | - |
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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
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- 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 Akoto
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