Akwale Surname
Approximately 319 people bear this surname
Akwale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 236 | 1:165,421 | 14,196 |
| Kenya | 67 | 1:689,252 | 29,975 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Akwale (34) may also be a first name.
Akwale Demographics
Akwale Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Akwale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akwale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akwale has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akwale? popularity and diffusion
It is the 855,216th most commonly held last name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 22,844,972 people. The surname Akwale is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Akwale are found; 95 percent are found in East Africa and 95 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,775,424th most frequent first name on earth, held by 34 people.
It is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is carried by 236 people, or 1 in 165,421. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Mayuge District, where 25 percent are found, Mukono District, where 19 percent are found and Bugiri District, where 15 percent are found. Excluding Uganda this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Kenya, where 21 percent are found and Niger, where 3 percent are found.
Akwale Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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 Akwale
- 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