Akpane Surname
Approximately 234 people bear this surname
Akpane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 132 | 1:174,782 | 7,817 |
| Nigeria | 100 | 1:1,771,428 | 64,453 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Akpane (195) may also be a first name.
Akpane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akpane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akpane is held by more people in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akpane? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,064,392nd most frequently used family name in the world, held by around 1 in 31,143,359 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 76 percent of Akpane live; 76 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 649,894th most frequently occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 195 people.
This surname is most commonly used in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 132 people, or 1 in 174,782. In The Ivory Coast it is most frequent in: Gôh-Djiboua District, where 48 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 42 percent live and Bas-Sassandra District, where 8 percent live. Besides The Ivory Coast this surname is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 43 percent live and Benin, where 0 percent live.
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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 Akpane
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