Akunai Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Akunai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 40 | 1:203,843 | 28,184 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Akunai (20) may also be a first name.
Akunai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akunai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akunai is more commonly found in Papua New Guinea than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akunai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,055,934th most commonly occurring surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. Akunai occurs mostly in Oceania, where 98 percent of Akunai are found; 98 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 98 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Akunai is also the 2,446,817th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 20 people.
The surname is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 40 people, or 1 in 203,843. In Papua New Guinea it is most prevalent in: Eastern Highlands, where 70 percent live, Southern Highlands, where 10 percent live and Western, where 10 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent live.
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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 Akunai
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