Akpansah Surname

5,391,485th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 13 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Akpansah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akpansah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria71:25,306,108327,793
Ivory Coast61:3,845,20548,272

Akpansah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Akpansah has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Akpansah? popularity and diffusion

The last name Akpansah is the 5,391,485th most frequent family name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 54 percent of Akpansah live; 54 percent live in West Africa and 54 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Akpansah is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria Akpansah is primarily found in: Akwa Ibom, where 100 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 46 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akpansaha941/
Akpansa9311/
Akpanssa881/
Akpanza80348/
Akpanso8012/
Akpanja804/
Okpansa801/
Akpandja75710/
Akpansou75119/
Akpanzoa754/
Akpannso751/
Akpaunso751/
Akpancho751/
Akpanssou7110/
Akpahunso711/
Ekpanza67315/
Ekponsa679/
Akpanzo672/
Akpanjot631/
Akpandjou591/
Ekpanzo5334/
Ekponso531/
Akpomcho501/

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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 Akpansah
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