Fakankun Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Fakankun Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 131 | 1:1,352,235 | 53,045 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
Fakankun Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Fakankun Come From? nationality or country of origin
Fakankun occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Fakankun.
How Common Is The Last Name Fakankun? popularity and diffusion
The surname Fakankun is the 1,527,735th most common last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 53,584,896 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Fakankun live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Fakankun is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 131 people, or 1 in 1,352,235. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Osun, where 76 percent live, Ondo, where 7 percent live and Lagos, where 6 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it occurs in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fakangkun | 94 | 50 | / |
| Fakankum | 88 | 1 | / |
| Fakankin | 88 | 1 | / |
| Fakngun | 80 | 1 | / |
| Phakangkun | 78 | 22 | / |
| Phakhankun | 78 | 19 | / |
| Faknikon | 75 | 41 | / |
| Fokankin | 75 | 2 | / |
| Fokankina | 71 | 3 | / |
| Fokankyna | 71 | 1 | / |
| Phayakkankun | 70 | 13 | / |
| Vaikankani | 67 | 6 | / |
| Phokangkun | 67 | 1 | / |
| Phakongkum | 56 | 1 | / |
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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 Fakankun
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