Akounou Surname
Approximately 531 people bear this surname
Akounou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 392 | 1:52,982 | 6,904 |
| Niger | 52 | 1:369,077 | 10,509 |
| Benin | 49 | 1:210,931 | 19,709 |
| Ivory Coast | 35 | 1:659,178 | 18,915 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Akounou (66) may also be a first name.
Akounou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akounou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akounou occurs in Cameroon more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Akounou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 588,441st most frequently held last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,724,192 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Akounou reside; 74 percent reside in Central Africa and 53 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,201,840th most prevalent first name globally. It is borne by 66 people.
The surname Akounou is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is held by 392 people, or 1 in 52,982. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 56 percent reside, South Region, where 32 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 10 percent reside. Not including Cameroon this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 10 percent reside and Benin, where 9 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
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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 Akounou
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