Akunda Surname
Approximately 2,141 people bear this surname
Akunda Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 723 | 1:63,873 | 6,178 |
| DR Congo | 540 | 1:136,814 | 14,550 |
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Uganda | 197 | 1:198,169 | 15,952 |
| Nigeria | 94 | 1:1,884,497 | 67,423 |
| Papua New Guinea | 57 | 1:143,048 | 19,694 |
| Cameroon | 45 | 1:461,535 | 38,189 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Namibia | 4 | 1:602,350 | 12,421 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
Akunda (295) may also be a first name.
Akunda Demographics
Akunda Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Akunda Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akunda Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akunda (Marathi: अकुंदा, Oriya: ଅକୁ) occurs most in Kenya. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Akunda? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 195,889th most widely held family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 3,403,805 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 75 percent of Akunda are found; 43 percent are found in East Africa and 30 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 513,559th most numerous given name in the world, borne by 295 people.
The surname Akunda is most frequent in Kenya, where it is carried by 723 people, or 1 in 63,873. In Kenya Akunda is most frequent in: Kakamega County, where 39 percent live, Vihiga County, where 37 percent live and Nairobi County, where 20 percent live. Excluding Kenya this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 25 percent live and Bangladesh, where 21 percent live.
Akunda Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (93%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akunda Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akunda in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅକୁ | aku | - |
| Akunda in the Marathi language | ||
| अकुंदा | akunda | 33.33 |
| अकुंद | akunda | 33.33 |
| अकुंडा | akunda | 33.33 |
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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 Akunda
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