Akwom Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Akwom Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akwom Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon301:692,30250,404
Kenya101:4,617,99042,693

Akwom Last Name Facts

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

Akwom is found in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Akwom? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,100,440th most widely held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname Akwom occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Akwom are found; 75 percent are found in Central Africa and 75 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.

Akwom is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 692,302. In Cameroon Akwom is most numerous in: Northwest Region, where 93 percent live and South Region, where 7 percent live. Aside from Cameroon Akwom is found in one country. It is also found in Kenya, where 25 percent live.

Akwom Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the Akwom surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akwoum911/
Agwom802,911/
Akwam80325/
Ekwom80203/
Akuom80125/
Akwum8016/
Okwom806/
Okwuom733/
Okwome732/
Akwume731/
Akuome731/
Okwuome675/
Akwuame673/

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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 Akwom
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