Akuwa Surname
Approximately 432 people bear this surname
Akuwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 257 | 1:689,271 | 31,915 |
| Uganda | 83 | 1:470,353 | 27,634 |
| DR Congo | 62 | 1:1,191,606 | 73,277 |
| Tanzania | 10 | 1:5,294,161 | 57,086 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Japan | 4 | 1:31,961,073 | 53,820 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Akuwa (632) may also be a first name.
Akuwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akuwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akuwa occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akuwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Akuwa is the 686,443rd most widely held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 16,869,319 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Akuwa reside; 59 percent reside in West Africa and 59 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akuwa is also the 331,170th most commonly held given name worldwide, borne by 632 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 257 people, or 1 in 689,271. In Nigeria Akuwa is most common in: Abia, where 30 percent live, Benue, where 19 percent live and Oyo, where 11 percent live. Besides Nigeria it exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 19 percent live and The DR Congo, where 14 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 Akuwa
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