Akwese Surname
Approximately 211 people bear this surname
Akwese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 107 | 1:194,103 | 20,154 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Akwese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akwese Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akwese occurs most in Cameroon. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akwese? popularity and diffusion
The surname Akwese is the 1,140,742nd most frequently used family name globally, held by around 1 in 34,538,132 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Akwese live; 100 percent live in Central Africa and 100 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 107 people, or 1 in 194,103. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 63 percent reside, Centre Region, where 22 percent reside and Littoral Region, where 10 percent reside. Outside of Cameroon this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 49 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Akwese
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