Akou Surname
Approximately 7,566 people bear this surname
Akou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 4,172 | 1:5,530 | 509 |
| Togo | 1,995 | 1:3,633 | 578 |
| Niger | 512 | 1:37,484 | 2,046 |
| Cameroon | 390 | 1:53,254 | 6,936 |
| Uganda | 159 | 1:245,530 | 18,354 |
| Benin | 87 | 1:118,800 | 13,087 |
| Burkina Faso | 62 | 1:296,002 | 5,313 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| United States | 31 | 1:11,692,224 | 454,091 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Kenya | 12 | 1:3,848,325 | 40,366 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| Liberia | 8 | 1:551,067 | 25,208 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 1:7,373,556 | 230,001 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Akou (30,873) may also be a first name.
Akou Demographics
Akou Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Akou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﻮ) has its highest incidence in The Ivory Coast. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Akou click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akou? popularity and diffusion
It is the 65,955th most common last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 963,197 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 79 percent of Akou live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akou is also the 27,318th most common first name at a global level, held by 30,873 people.
Akou is most numerous in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 4,172 people, or 1 in 5,530. In The Ivory Coast Akou is most prevalent in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 36 percent live, Lagunes District, where 32 percent live and Comoé District, where 11 percent live. Excluding The Ivory Coast this surname occurs in 33 countries. It is also found in Togo, where 26 percent live and Niger, where 7 percent live.
Akou Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
The amount Akou earn in different countries varies greatly. In United States they earn 13.78% more than the national average, earning $49,096 USD per year and in Canada they earn 47.73% less than the national average, earning $25,970 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﻮ | akw | - |
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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 Akou
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