Akums Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Latvia

Akums Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Akums Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1051:1,687,07462,154
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Latvia21:1,025,02341,546

Akums Last Name Facts

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

The last name Akums occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Akums click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Akums? popularity and diffusion

Akums is the 1,755,741st most frequently held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Akums are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Akums is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 105 people, or 1 in 1,687,074. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Rivers, where 65 percent live, Plateau, where 13 percent live and Lagos, where 7 percent live. Beside Nigeria Akums exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent live and Latvia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akumse913/
Aukums911/
Akumshe831/
Akims80244/
Akoms8056/
Ekums8012/
Okums8011/
Hokums731/
Hakims731/
Ackims731/
Oukoums672/
Hookums672/
Haykims671/
Hookhums621/
Ekims603/
Okoms601/
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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 Akums
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