Akwane Surname
Approximately 44 people bear this surname
Akwane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 20 | 1:8,857,138 | 186,571 |
| Palestine | 14 | 1:324,918 | 11,054 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Akwane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akwane Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akwane is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akwane? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,944,094th most widely held last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 68 percent of Akwane live; 45 percent live in West Africa and 45 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Akwane is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 20 people, or 1 in 8,857,138. In Nigeria it is most common in: Rivers, where 95 percent live and Kebbi, where 5 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Palestine, where 32 percent live and Cameroon, where 11 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
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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 Akwane
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