Akotun Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Akotun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akotun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1041:1,703,29662,619
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Akotun Last Name Facts

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

The surname Akotun is found most in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Akotun? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,775,494th most commonly held surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 68,107,906 people. The surname Akotun is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Akotun live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Akotun is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 104 people, or 1 in 1,703,296. In Nigeria Akotun is most numerous in: Lagos, where 72 percent live, Ogun, where 13 percent live and Ekiti, where 7 percent live. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 2 percent live and Sweden, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akotoune861/
Akoton8328/
Okotun8312/
Aketun8310/
Akatun832/
Akutun831/
Akhatun771,010/
Akouton7713/
Akotoum776/
Oukotun773/
Okotung771/
Haketun771/
Uokotun771/
Aikhatun71148/
Hakhatun715/
Akhatuun714/
Akoutoum711/
Aakhatun711/
Akatound711/
Askhatun711/
Ajkhatun711/
Gakhatun711/
Okoton6735/
Aykuttunc678/
Ecatun674/
Ekatun672/
Akaton672/
Atkatoung671/
Acatun671/
Okotum671/
Oketun671/
Aikhatuun671/

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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 Akotun
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