Akunj Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Akunj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Akunj (22) may also be a first name.
Akunj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akunj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akunj is held by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Akunj? popularity and diffusion
Akunj is the 3,798,600th most frequently held last name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. This surname occurs mostly in Oceania, where 96 percent of Akunj live; 96 percent live in Oceania Islands and 96 percent live in Papuan Oceania. It is also the 2,301,746th most frequently used first name throughout the world It is held by 22 people.
This last name is most common in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 313,604. In Papua New Guinea it is mostly concentrated in: Enga, where 35 percent reside, Jiwaka, where 35 percent reside and Southern Highlands, where 31 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea Akunj occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 4 percent reside.
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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 Akunj
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