Anokan Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Anokan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Anokan (12) may also be a first name.
Anokan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Anokan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Anokan occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Anokan? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,649,889th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Anokan live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Anokan is also the 3,306,491st most prevalent first name in the world It is held by 12 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Abia, where 53 percent are found, Ogun, where 20 percent are found and Akwa Ibom, where 7 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 6 percent are found and The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent are found.
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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 Anokan
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