Akponan Surname
Approximately 206 people bear this surname
Akponan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 205 | 1:50,418 | 6,350 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Akponan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akponan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akponan is most common in Benin. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akponan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,159,732nd most widely held family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 35,376,436 people. The last name Akponan is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Akponan live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Akponan is most prevalent in Benin, where it is borne by 205 people, or 1 in 50,418. In Benin it is most common in: Collines Department, where 68 percent live, Zou Department, where 17 percent live and Plateau Department, where 13 percent live. Besides Benin this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akponnan | 93 | 18 | / |
| Akponane | 93 | 5 | / |
| Akpenan | 86 | 617 | / |
| Akponon | 86 | 594 | / |
| Akponam | 86 | 5 | / |
| Akpanan | 86 | 4 | / |
| Ekponan | 86 | 1 | / |
| Akpagnan | 80 | 2 | / |
| Akpanank | 80 | 1 | / |
| Akpangnan | 75 | 8 | / |
| Akponhoun | 75 | 5 | / |
| Akpanasin | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ekponon | 71 | 704 | / |
| Akpanon | 71 | 340 | / |
| Aikponhoun | 71 | 17 | / |
| Aïkponhoun | 71 | 14 | / |
| Akpunon | 71 | 6 | / |
| Okponon | 71 | 5 | / |
| Gagpanan | 67 | 18 | / |
| Akpanhan | 67 | 8 | / |
| Akpanuom | 67 | 4 | / |
| Akpanong | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akpunone | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akpunoun | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akpanohn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hakpanon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aikpenon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aïkpenon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ayïkponhoun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akpannom | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekponnon | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akpanatim | 63 | 15 | / |
| Akpanhoun | 63 | 8 | / |
| Akbpanong | 63 | 4 | / |
| Akpagnoun | 63 | 1 | / |
| Houkpenan | 63 | 1 | / |
| Okponasim | 63 | 1 | / |
| Okpanachin | 59 | 1 | / |
| Ahkpanatim | 59 | 1 | / |
| Okpanam | 57 | 4 | / |
| Okpunam | 57 | 2 | / |
| Okpunon | 57 | 1 | / |
| Ekpenon | 57 | 1 | / |
| Akpaneissen | 56 | 1 | / |
| Agpangan | 53 | 379 | / |
| Okpeneyn | 53 | 1 | / |
| Okpagnon | 53 | 1 | / |
| Hekpanon | 53 | 1 | / |
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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 Akponan
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