Akowanou Surname
Approximately 1,722 people bear this surname
Akowanou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 1,698 | 1:6,087 | 821 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Akowanou (188) may also be a first name.
Akowanou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akowanou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akowanou is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Akowanou? popularity and diffusion
Akowanou is the 234,022nd most commonly occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 4,232,024 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Akowanou are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 663,277th most widespread first name on earth, borne by 188 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Benin, where it is held by 1,698 people, or 1 in 6,087. In Benin it is mostly concentrated in: Ouémé Department, where 54 percent reside, Littoral Department, where 16 percent reside and Zou Department, where 15 percent reside. Aside from Benin this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also found in France, where 0 percent reside and Canada, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Akowanou
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