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 occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akoura? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 325,895th most commonly used last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 6,386,982 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Akoura are found; 75 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 620,917th most commonly used first name world-wide. It is borne by 212 people.
The last name Akoura is most common in Cameroon, where it is carried by 732 people, or 1 in 28,373. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated 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 this last name exists 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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