Akounan Surname

4,427,875th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 20 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ivory Coast
Highest density in:
Benin

Akounan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akounan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ivory Coast121:1,922,60335,802
Benin71:1,476,51557,381
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Akounan (27) may also be a first name.

Akounan Last Name Facts

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

The last name Akounan is most common in The Ivory Coast. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Akounan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Akounan is the 4,427,875th most frequent last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 35 percent of Akounan are found; 35 percent are found in West Africa and 35 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently used given name world-wide, borne by 27 people.

The surname is most frequently used in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 1,922,603. In The Ivory Coast Akounan is most frequent in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 100 percent are found. Beside The Ivory Coast it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 35 percent are found and The United States, where 5 percent are found.

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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 Akounan
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