Akraka Surname

1,085,744th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 227 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Akraka Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akraka Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2161:820,10536,398
Sweden71:1,406,680102,017
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Akraka Last Name Facts

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

The surname Akraka (Marathi: अकरका) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Akraka? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 1,085,744th most commonly occurring last name in the world, held by around 1 in 32,103,727 people. Akraka occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Akraka live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 216 people, or 1 in 820,105. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 43 percent are found, Lagos, where 19 percent are found and Rivers, where 10 percent are found. Barring Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 3 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Okraka831/
Akrake831/
Ekraka831/
Akraki831/
Okraska773,437/
Akraiko771/
Akraker771/
Ackreka771/
O'Kraska714/
Akkrakki711/
Akkhrakit67171/
Okreka6750/
Okrako671/
Akhrakhyo671/
Akreko671/

Akraka Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Akraka in the Marathi language
अकरकाakaraka-

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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 Akraka
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