Akowa Surname
Approximately 537 people bear this surname
Akowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 336 | 1:527,211 | 25,962 |
| Kenya | 102 | 1:452,744 | 23,898 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Cameroon | 31 | 1:669,970 | 49,334 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Akowa (116) may also be a first name.
Akowa Demographics
Akowa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Akowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akowa has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of Akowa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akowa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 583,527th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 13,570,849 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Akowa reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 868,627th most frequent forename in the world, borne by 116 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 336 people, or 1 in 527,211. In Nigeria Akowa is most common in: Delta, where 62 percent reside, Edo, where 13 percent reside and Kogi, where 10 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this last name is found in 13 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 19 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 6 percent reside.
Akowa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Akowa
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