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) occurs more in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Akou? popularity and diffusion
The surname Akou is the 65,955th most frequently used surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 963,197 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 79 percent of Akou are found; 71 percent are found in West Africa and 63 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akou is also the 27,318th most frequently held first name internationally, held by 30,873 people.
This last name is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is carried by 4,172 people, or 1 in 5,530. In The Ivory Coast it is most prevalent in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 36 percent live, Lagunes District, where 32 percent live and Comoé District, where 11 percent live. Other than The Ivory Coast this surname exists in 33 countries. It is also common in Togo, where 26 percent live and Niger, where 7 percent live.
Akou Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Akou surname is principally 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
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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 Akou
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