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 last name Akouya is held by more people in Chad than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akouya? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 253,171st most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 4,665,522 people. The surname Akouya is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Akouya reside; 76 percent reside in West Africa and 76 percent reside in Chadic Africa. Akouya is also the 204,621st most widespread given name globally, borne by 1,453 people.
This last name is most commonly held in Chad, where it is held by 1,155 people, or 1 in 11,768. Barring Chad this surname exists in 5 countries. It also occurs 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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