Akwa Surname
Approximately 9,835 people bear this surname
Akwa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4,799 | 1:36,912 | 2,979 |
| Cameroon | 2,742 | 1:7,574 | 953 |
| Ghana | 1,385 | 1:19,510 | 2,432 |
| DR Congo | 363 | 1:203,525 | 20,281 |
| Uganda | 126 | 1:309,836 | 21,278 |
| United States | 69 | 1:5,253,028 | 264,570 |
| Philippines | 60 | 1:1,687,304 | 110,517 |
| Solomon Islands | 51 | 1:11,373 | 2,032 |
| Indonesia | 43 | 1:3,075,563 | 171,061 |
| Papua New Guinea | 37 | 1:220,371 | 30,351 |
| England | 29 | 1:1,921,312 | 76,208 |
| Brazil | 26 | 1:8,233,628 | 183,715 |
| Jamaica | 22 | 1:130,452 | 4,751 |
| Kenya | 18 | 1:2,565,550 | 37,160 |
| Ivory Coast | 15 | 1:1,538,082 | 31,691 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Tanzania | 4 | 1:13,235,403 | 84,310 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Sierra Leone | 1 | 1:7,089,631 | 1,533 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Akwà (1) are calculated separately.
Akwa (1,585) may also be a first name.
Akwa Demographics
Average Akwa Salary in
United States
$45,326 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
View the highest/lowest earning families in The United States
Akwa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akwa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akwa has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also occur as: Akwà. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akwa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Akwa is the 52,064th most common last name in the world It is held by around 1 in 740,981 people. The last name Akwa is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Akwa live; 63 percent live in West Africa and 63 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akwa is also the 194,249th most frequently held forename on earth, held by 1,585 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 4,799 people, or 1 in 36,912. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 41 percent are found, Cross River, where 27 percent are found and Rivers, where 6 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it is found in 40 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 28 percent are found and Ghana, where 14 percent are found.
Akwa Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Akwa surname are 36.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 83.33% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Akwa earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 76.88% more than the national average, earning R 420,324 per year and in United States they earn 5.05% more than the national average, earning $45,326 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Akwa
- 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