Akumba Surname
Approximately 2,031 people bear this surname
Akumba Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,542 | 1:114,879 | 7,613 |
| DR Congo | 260 | 1:284,152 | 26,288 |
| Kenya | 115 | 1:401,564 | 22,499 |
| Cameroon | 60 | 1:346,151 | 31,109 |
| Uganda | 18 | 1:2,168,849 | 67,754 |
| Venezuela | 12 | 1:2,517,006 | 28,211 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
The alternate forms: Äkumba (1) are calculated separately.
Akumba (595) may also be a first name.
Akumba Demographics
Akumba Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Akumba Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akumba Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akumba is most common in Nigeria. It can also occur as a variant: Äkumba. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akumba? popularity and diffusion
Akumba is the 204,545th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 3,588,157 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Akumba are found; 76 percent are found in West Africa and 76 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akumba is also the 342,839th most widespread forename globally, held by 595 people.
Akumba is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,542 people, or 1 in 114,879. In Nigeria Akumba is most numerous in: Benue, where 89 percent are found, Kaduna, where 3 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 2 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name is found in 14 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 13 percent are found and Kenya, where 6 percent are found.
Akumba Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Akumba surname is principally Christian (67%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Äkumba | 94 | 1 | / |
| Gakumba | 92 | 5,349 | / |
| Akoumba | 92 | 2,881 | / |
| Akhumba | 92 | 51 | / |
| Akumbah | 92 | 6 | / |
| Akuimba | 92 | 4 | / |
| Akuumba | 92 | 4 | / |
| Akunmba | 92 | 1 | / |
| Akaumba | 92 | 1 | / |
| Akeumba | 92 | 1 | / |
| Hakumba | 92 | 1 | / |
| Akkumba | 92 | 1 | / |
| Akumboa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Hakaumba | 86 | 3 | / |
| Akhumbay | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ekumba | 83 | 587 | / |
| Akomba | 83 | 397 | / |
| Akumbo | 83 | 160 | / |
| Akumbi | 83 | 115 | / |
| Akumbe | 83 | 109 | / |
| Okumba | 83 | 42 | / |
| Akimba | 83 | 17 | / |
| Akunba | 83 | 8 | / |
| Akumva | 83 | 2 | / |
| Acumba | 83 | 1 | / |
| Akoumbaya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Akaahumba | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okoumba | 77 | 1,344 | / |
| Akimbay | 77 | 322 | / |
| Gakumbi | 77 | 167 | / |
| Akoumbi | 77 | 71 | / |
| Aquimba | 77 | 68 | / |
| Akimbai | 77 | 59 | / |
| Akoumbo | 77 | 18 | / |
| Akhumbi | 77 | 12 | / |
| Akoumbe | 77 | 12 | / |
| Akumbeu | 77 | 11 | / |
| Akunbay | 77 | 6 | / |
| Akumbui | 77 | 4 | / |
| Gacumba | 77 | 3 | / |
| Akumbey | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akunmbi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akombea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gakumbo | 77 | 1 | / |
| Gokumba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akumbhe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okumbay | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akhunbay | 71 | 11 | / |
| Akoumbou | 71 | 5 | / |
| Gokoumba | 71 | 4 | / |
| Akoumbio | 71 | 2 | / |
| Okusemba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hakimbay | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okoumbas | 71 | 1 | / |
| Haukumbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hakaumbi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akombo | 67 | 3,870 | / |
| Okomba | 67 | 2,989 | / |
| Ekumbo | 67 | 2,156 | / |
| Okimba | 67 | 880 | / |
| Okumbe | 67 | 621 | / |
| Okumbo | 67 | 610 | / |
| Akombe | 67 | 505 | / |
| Akombi | 67 | 345 | / |
| Hakusembe | 67 | 241 | / |
| Akimbo | 67 | 161 | / |
| Ekimba | 67 | 138 | / |
| Akunbi | 67 | 80 | / |
| Okumbi | 67 | 80 | / |
| Okunba | 67 | 13 | / |
| Akunbe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Akunbo | 67 | 6 | / |
| Acomba | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ecumba | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akunva | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akomby | 67 | 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 Akumba
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