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 surname Akuwa is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akuwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Akuwa is the 686,443rd most prevalent last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 16,869,319 people. The surname Akuwa occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Akuwa are found; 59 percent are found in West Africa and 59 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 331,170th most frequently held given name on earth It is held by 632 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 257 people, or 1 in 689,271. In Nigeria Akuwa is most prevalent in: Abia, where 30 percent live, Benue, where 19 percent live and Oyo, where 11 percent live. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 12 countries. It also occurs 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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