Akweo Surname

1,098,270th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 223 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Akweo Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Akweo Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda2191:178,26214,925
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567

Akweo Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Akweo Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Akweo is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Akweo? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,098,270th most common surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 32,679,578 people. The surname Akweo occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Akweo are found; 98 percent are found in East Africa and 87 percent are found in East Bantu Africa.

The last name Akweo is most frequent in Uganda, where it is carried by 219 people, or 1 in 178,262. In Uganda Akweo is primarily concentrated in: Kaberamaido District, where 75 percent live, Soroti District, where 11 percent live and Dokolo District, where 10 percent live. Besides Uganda it exists in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Agweo80148/
Acweo8052/
Akwio802/
Okweo801/
Ekweo801/
Angweo7353/
Hakwea731/
Okweao731/
Agweho731/
Akueou731/
Akuheo731/
Akuehou672/
Akweiya671/
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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 Akweo
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