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 is found most in Cameroon. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Akoura? popularity and diffusion
Akoura is the 325,895th most common family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 6,386,982 people. Akoura is mostly found 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 widespread forename worldwide. It is borne by 212 people.
Akoura is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is borne by 732 people, or 1 in 28,373. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Far North Region, where 88 percent live, North Region, where 8 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 3 percent live. Excluding Cameroon this last name occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 18 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 14 percent live.
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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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