Akpakpa Surname

423,762nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 817 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Benin

Akpakpa Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akpakpa Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4221:419,77021,772
DR Congo2741:269,63325,289
Benin1051:98,43411,231
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Ethiopia41:24,386,56619,165
France21:33,211,361423,184
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

Akpakpa (102) may also be a first name.

Akpakpa Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Akpakpa Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Akpakpa is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Akpakpa.

How Common Is The Last Name Akpakpa? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 423,762nd most commonly held surname internationally, borne by around 1 in 8,919,885 people. The last name Akpakpa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Akpakpa reside; 65 percent reside in West Africa and 65 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akpakpa is also the 935,178th most widespread first name in the world, borne by 102 people.

The surname Akpakpa is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 422 people, or 1 in 419,770. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Delta, where 40 percent live, Akwa Ibom, where 19 percent live and Edo, where 13 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 8 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 34 percent live and Benin, where 13 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

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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
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  • 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 Akpakpa
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