Akunwa Surname
Approximately 238 people bear this surname
Akunwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 224 | 1:790,816 | 35,405 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Akunwa (42) may also be a first name.
Akunwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akunwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akunwa occurs most in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akunwa? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,052,587th most frequently occurring family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 30,619,941 people. Akunwa is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Akunwa reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,566,439th most numerous first name at a global level It is held by 42 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 224 people, or 1 in 790,816. In Nigeria Akunwa is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 29 percent live, Plateau, where 25 percent live and Delta, where 19 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 4 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gakunwa | 92 | 10 | / |
| Akeunwa | 92 | 9 | / |
| Akahunwa | 86 | 14 | / |
| Okunwa | 83 | 185 | / |
| Akonwa | 83 | 4 | / |
| Akunwe | 83 | 4 | / |
| Akunua | 83 | 3 | / |
| Ekunwa | 83 | 2 | / |
| Akunwo | 83 | 1 | / |
| Akunva | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okunnwa | 77 | 8 | / |
| Atkunva | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akunmba | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aikonwa | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akonwea | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akunvaya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okunwe | 67 | 345 | / |
| Okonwa | 67 | 110 | / |
| Akonwe | 67 | 38 | / |
| Akonwo | 67 | 14 | / |
| Okunba | 67 | 13 | / |
| Akonwi | 67 | 12 | / |
| Akunbe | 67 | 6 | / |
| Okunwo | 67 | 4 | / |
| Akumva | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ekunwo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akunvi | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Akunwa
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis