Akpos Surname

93,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,101 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Akpos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akpos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5,1001:34,7342,835
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628

Akpos (8,034) may also be a first name.

Akpos Last Name Facts

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

Akpos is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Akpos? popularity and diffusion

The last name Akpos is the 93,523rd most common family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 1,428,650 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Akpos are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akpos is also the 70,881st most common first name throughout the world, held by 8,034 people.

This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5,100 people, or 1 in 34,734. In Nigeria Akpos is most common in: Delta, where 58 percent are found, Bayelsa, where 24 percent are found and Edo, where 6 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Brazil, where 0 percent are found.

Akpos Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akpose9167/
Akposs914/
Akpois911/
Akkpos911/
Akpotse831/
Akpas80140/
Okpos8068/
Akpus8060/
Ekpos8018/
Hakposhe772/
Okpose7380/
Akpase7351/
Okpohs7334/
Akpuse736/
Akpaus731/
Akpush731/
Okposh731/
Akhpash6754/
Akpoche6716/
Akphaus674/
Akpotch671/
Akpasse671/
Akpashe671/

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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 Akpos
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