Akoura Surname
Approximately 1,141 people bear this surname
Akoura Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 732 | 1:28,373 | 3,848 |
| Algeria | 206 | 1:187,532 | 22,918 |
| Ivory Coast | 162 | 1:142,415 | 6,737 |
| Benin | 16 | 1:645,975 | 38,126 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
| Niger | 10 | 1:1,919,202 | 37,248 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Akoura (212) may also be a first name.
Akoura Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akoura Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akoura occurs most in Cameroon. It can also appear as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akoura? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 325,895th most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 6,386,982 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Akoura live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 52 percent live in Chadic Africa. It is also the 620,917th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 212 people.
The last name Akoura is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 732 people, or 1 in 28,373. In Cameroon Akoura is most prevalent in: Far North Region, where 88 percent reside, North Region, where 8 percent reside and Adamawa Region, where 3 percent reside. Other than Cameroon it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 18 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 14 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 Akoura
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