Akpakan Surname
Approximately 111 people bear this surname
Akpakan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 88 | 1:117,450 | 12,976 |
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Akpakan (48) may also be a first name.
Akpakan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akpakan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akpakan is borne by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akpakan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Akpakan is the 1,736,881st most commonly held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 65,653,567 people. The surname Akpakan is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Akpakan are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,448,253rd most frequent first name on earth It is held by 48 people.
The surname Akpakan is most frequent in Benin, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 117,450. In Benin it is most numerous in: Zou Department, where 80 percent reside, Plateau Department, where 13 percent reside and Littoral Department, where 6 percent reside. Beside Benin this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 20 percent reside and The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akpakang | 93 | 22 | / |
| Akpaakan | 93 | 1 | / |
| Akpakon | 86 | 2 | / |
| Okpakan | 86 | 2 | / |
| Akpakoun | 80 | 395 | / |
| Akpekaan | 80 | 13 | / |
| Akpeakon | 80 | 3 | / |
| Akpokang | 80 | 1 | / |
| Akpaekon | 80 | 1 | / |
| Akpokamng | 75 | 1 | / |
| Okpaikhan | 75 | 1 | / |
| Okpokan | 71 | 72 | / |
| Okpakam | 71 | 3 | / |
| Akpekon | 71 | 2 | / |
| Okpakon | 71 | 2 | / |
| Akpakom | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okpokane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akpacoun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akpeekon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hokpakhon | 63 | 1 | / |
| Hookpekan | 63 | 1 | / |
| Okpekon | 57 | 515 | / |
| Ekpekon | 57 | 82 | / |
| Okpokon | 57 | 15 | / |
| Ekpookon | 53 | 11 | / |
| Okpokong | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Akpakan
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