Akwai Surname
Approximately 586 people bear this surname
Akwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 289 | 1:612,951 | 29,166 |
| Uganda | 127 | 1:307,396 | 21,163 |
| Solomon Islands | 124 | 1:4,678 | 611 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Akwai (149) may also be a first name.
Akwai Demographics
Average Akwai Salary in
United States
$28,600 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Akwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akwai is found most in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akwai? popularity and diffusion
The last name Akwai is the 546,286th most prevalent last name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 12,436,085 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Akwai live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 49 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 754,880th most widely held forename worldwide. It is borne by 149 people.
Akwai is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 289 people, or 1 in 612,951. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Kaduna, where 30 percent live, Plateau, where 24 percent live and Nasarawa, where 17 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 22 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 21 percent live.
Akwai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Akwai last name is principally Christian (52%) in Nigeria.
Akwai earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 33.72% less than the national average, earning $28,600 USD per year.
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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 Akwai
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