Akwaka Surname
Approximately 250 people bear this surname
Akwaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 96 | 1:1,845,237 | 66,383 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Cameroon | 50 | 1:415,381 | 35,427 |
| Uganda | 33 | 1:1,183,008 | 47,935 |
| Ghana | 9 | 1:3,002,299 | 11,581 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Akwaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akwaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akwaka is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Akwaka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akwaka? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,014,722nd most prevalent family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 29,150,184 people. Akwaka occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Akwaka reside; 42 percent reside in Central Africa and 42 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Akwaka is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 1,845,237. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Enugu, where 35 percent are found, Abia, where 15 percent are found and Kaduna, where 11 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 22 percent are found and Cameroon, where 20 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akwuaka | 92 | 52 | / |
| Akwaika | 92 | 1 | / |
| Akwakah | 92 | 1 | / |
| Agwaka | 83 | 622 | / |
| Akwaki | 83 | 109 | / |
| Akwako | 83 | 60 | / |
| Akwake | 83 | 51 | / |
| Ekwaka | 83 | 22 | / |
| Okwaka | 83 | 18 | / |
| Akuaka | 83 | 18 | / |
| Akweka | 83 | 13 | / |
| Akwaake | 77 | 917 | / |
| Okwakau | 77 | 203 | / |
| Okwuaka | 77 | 92 | / |
| Angwaka | 77 | 48 | / |
| Akwaike | 77 | 39 | / |
| Agwaeka | 77 | 21 | / |
| Akwakip | 77 | 7 | / |
| Akwuako | 77 | 4 | / |
| Okweaka | 77 | 4 | / |
| Atkuaka | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ekwuaka | 77 | 2 | / |
| Akweake | 77 | 2 | / |
| Akwekah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akwakou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akwakeu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekwakai | 77 | 1 | / |
| Agwuaka | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hakwaake | 71 | 79 | / |
| Okwako | 67 | 2,365 | / |
| Agwaki | 67 | 616 | / |
| Okweka | 67 | 171 | / |
| Okuaka | 67 | 137 | / |
| Okwoka | 67 | 117 | / |
| Agwake | 67 | 55 | / |
| Agwako | 67 | 47 | / |
| Akwoko | 67 | 46 | / |
| Akuako | 67 | 26 | / |
| Okwaki | 67 | 22 | / |
| Egwaka | 67 | 22 | / |
| Agweka | 67 | 21 | / |
| Acweka | 67 | 16 | / |
| Ekweka | 67 | 16 | / |
| Akwaco | 67 | 13 | / |
| Acwoka | 67 | 9 | / |
| Ogwaka | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ekwoka | 67 | 8 | / |
| Aguaka | 67 | 7 | / |
| Acwako | 67 | 6 | / |
| Okwaca | 67 | 6 | / |
| Akuake | 67 | 4 | / |
| Okwake | 67 | 3 | / |
| Akwoke | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akwoki | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ekwako | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akweko | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akuoka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Agwoka | 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
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- 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 Akwaka
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