Akoua Surname
Approximately 13,622 people bear this surname
Akoua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 12,724 | 1:1,813 | 179 |
| Cameroon | 620 | 1:33,498 | 4,517 |
| Congo | 172 | 1:29,006 | 3,032 |
| Niger | 38 | 1:505,053 | 13,208 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
Akoua (85,587) may also be a first name.
Akoua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akoua Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akoua is most common in The Ivory Coast. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akoua? popularity and diffusion
The last name Akoua is the 38,605th most widely held last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 534,984 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Akoua live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 83 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akoua is also the 11,689th most prevalent first name at a global level It is held by 85,587 people.
The surname is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 12,724 people, or 1 in 1,813. In The Ivory Coast Akoua is mostly found in: Zanzan District, where 66 percent reside, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 10 percent reside and Comoé District, where 10 percent reside. Apart from The Ivory Coast it exists in 24 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 5 percent reside and The Congo, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Akoua
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