Akpakwu Surname
Approximately 370 people bear this surname
Akpakwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 357 | 1:496,198 | 24,800 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Akpakwu (15) may also be a first name.
Akpakwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akpakwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akpakwu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akpakwu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Akpakwu is the 769,129th most widely held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 19,696,070 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Akpakwu reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 96 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most common first name in the world, borne by 15 people.
Akpakwu is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 357 people, or 1 in 496,198. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Benue, where 53 percent reside, Cross River, where 12 percent reside and Bauchi, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 3 percent reside and The United States, where 1 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
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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 Akpakwu
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