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 surname Akunai is found in Papua New Guinea more than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Akunai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akunai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,055,934th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 177,745,022 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 98 percent of Akunai live; 98 percent live in Oceania Islands and 98 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Akunai is also the 2,446,817th most frequently held first name on earth. It is borne by 20 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 40 people, or 1 in 203,843. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly found in: Eastern Highlands, where 70 percent live, Southern Highlands, where 10 percent live and Western, where 10 percent live. Besides Papua New Guinea it is found in one country. It is also found 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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