Akplan Surname
Approximately 19 people bear this surname
Akplan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 17 | 1:607,977 | 36,930 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Akplan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akplan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akplan is held by more people in Benin than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Akplan.
How Common Is The Last Name Akplan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 4,532,898th most numerous last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The surname Akplan occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Akplan live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Akplan is most frequent in Benin, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 607,977. In Benin Akplan is most frequent in: Atlantique Department, where 59 percent are found, Ouémé Department, where 29 percent are found and Zou Department, where 12 percent are found. Not including Benin this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Gabon, where 5 percent are found and Nigeria, where 5 percent are found.
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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 Akplan
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