Akoutan Surname
Approximately 199 people bear this surname
Akoutan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 180 | 1:57,420 | 7,121 |
| Niger | 18 | 1:1,066,223 | 23,213 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Akoutan (101) may also be a first name.
Akoutan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akoutan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akoutan has its highest incidence in Benin. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akoutan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,189,614th most frequently held surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 36,620,834 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Akoutan reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 940,641st most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 101 people.
The surname Akoutan is most widely held in Benin, where it is borne by 180 people, or 1 in 57,420. In Benin it is most prevalent in: Collines Department, where 77 percent are found, Borgou Department, where 16 percent are found and Zou Department, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Benin this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 9 percent are found and Togo, where 1 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 Akoutan
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