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
The surname Fakankun occurs most in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Fakankun? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,527,735th most frequently used last name in the world, held by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Fakankun are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Fakankun is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 131 people, or 1 in 1,352,235. In Nigeria Fakankun is mostly concentrated in: Osun, where 76 percent are found, Ondo, where 7 percent are found and Lagos, where 6 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria Fakankun exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent are found.
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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