Akpowowo Surname

568,231st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 556 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Akpowowo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akpowowo Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5451:325,03317,840
England51:11,143,612252,590
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040

Akpowowo (57) may also be a first name.

Akpowowo Last Name Facts

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

The surname Akpowowo is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Akpowowo.

How Common Is The Last Name Akpowowo? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 568,231st most commonly held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 13,107,097 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Akpowowo reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,308,380th most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 57 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 545 people, or 1 in 325,033. In Nigeria Akpowowo is mostly concentrated in: Delta, where 75 percent live, Edo, where 7 percent live and Rivers, where 5 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent live and Scotland, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akpowoewo946/
Akpowowoh941/
Akpouwouwo892/
Akpowhowho892/
Akpovowo881/
Okpowowo881/
Akpobobo751/
Akpovowa751/
Akpohuhowho741/
Okpowawa6325/
Akpobuwa6313/
Akpovoba631/

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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 Akpowowo
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis