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 surname Akoura is more frequently found in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akoura? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 325,895th most frequently held surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 6,386,982 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Akoura reside; 75 percent reside in West Africa and 52 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 620,917th most widely held first name globally, borne by 212 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is held by 732 people, or 1 in 28,373. In Cameroon Akoura is most common in: Far North Region, where 88 percent are found, North Region, where 8 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 3 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Algeria, where 18 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 14 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 Akoura
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