Atuaka Surname
Approximately 241 people bear this surname
Atuaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 237 | 1:747,438 | 33,954 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
Atuaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atuaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Atuaka is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Atuaka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,041,601st most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 30,238,780 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Atuaka are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Atuaka is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 237 people, or 1 in 747,438. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Cross River, where 70 percent live, Lagos, where 8 percent live and Plateau, where 6 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live and Liberia, where 0 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
- 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 Atuaka
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