Akouya Surname
Approximately 1,562 people bear this surname
Akouya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chad | 1,155 | 1:11,768 | 1,513 |
| Congo | 362 | 1:13,782 | 1,739 |
| Niger | 27 | 1:710,815 | 16,981 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Akouya (1,453) may also be a first name.
Akouya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akouya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akouya occurs more in Chad more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Akouya.
How Common Is The Last Name Akouya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 253,171st most frequently used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 4,665,522 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Akouya are found; 76 percent are found in West Africa and 76 percent are found in Chadic Africa. Akouya is also the 204,621st most commonly held forename globally, held by 1,453 people.
The surname Akouya is most frequent in Chad, where it is held by 1,155 people, or 1 in 11,768. Besides Chad this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 23 percent are found and Niger, where 2 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 Akouya
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