Akunama Surname

1,596,935th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 127 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Akunama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akunama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1211:1,463,99056,236
Papua New Guinea61:1,358,953118,663

Akunama Last Name Facts

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

The surname Akunama (Russian: Акунама) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Akunama? popularity and diffusion

The surname Akunama is the 1,596,935th most numerous last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 57,382,251 people. The last name Akunama occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Akunama live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 95 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Akunama is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 121 people, or 1 in 1,463,990. In Nigeria Akunama is most prevalent in: Bayelsa, where 88 percent are found, Lagos, where 7 percent are found and Osun, where 3 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Akunama exists in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akunnama931/
Akinama8652/
Akonama8621/
Akunoma8616/
Akuname862/
Akunamo861/
Okunama861/
Akunamoh803/
Hatkhunamai784/
Okunema71107/
Okunami7199/
Akonoma718/
Akonami712/
Akinoma712/
Akinema711/
Akoname711/
Akunome711/
Okunoma711/
Okuname711/
Akinomah677/
Okuneima671/
Akunomoh671/

Akunama Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Akunama in the Russian language
Акунамаakunama-

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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 Akunama
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