Akan is used as a family name or surname in Nigeria. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Akan
No. of characters: 4
Origin: Nigeria
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Akan

How popular is Akan?

Akan is common in Nigeria.

Akan is ranked 8588 on our list.

There are about 111 people in US who wears Akan as surname and ranked 148347 in US Census Bureau. In 2010 census, the last name was found in around 0 per 1 million. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010
White 58.56
Black 26.13
Hispanic or Latino 8.11
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 4.5
Akan is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Turkey which signifies that it is originated from Turkey. Around 62900 people have been found who wears Akan as their family name. Akan is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
100,092 Spain9
21,957 Georgia7
98,953 Belarus7
179,761 Australia6
60,971 Kyrgyzstan6
5,340 Iceland6
8,926 Cameroon3
70,383 Tanzania3
19,452 Malaysia3
16,605 Austria3
32,472 Azerbaijan3
119,730 Brazil3
5,442 Turkmenistan2
15,591 Burkina Faso2
52,939 United Arab Emirates2
44,018 Poland2
5,318 Iraq2
6,103 Cyprus2
124,220 Italy2
20,595 China2
18,625 Japan2
82,478 South Africa2
19,046 Ireland2
7,198 Maldives1
16,228 Bulgaria1
25,721 Egypt1
49,101 Denmark1
38,830 Morocco1
2,877 Cuba1
174,544 Czech Republic1
4,249 Cambodia1
30,360 Thailand1
8,181 Botswana1
42,479 Greece1
692 Guinea1
16,640 Hong Kong1
47,891 Norway1
36,814 Romania1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
24,421 Slovakia1
12,270 Lebanon1
4,435 Togo1
16,073 Latvia1
17,575 Kuwait1
13,447 Uganda1
29,774 Venezuela1
49,529 Israel1
17,768 Pakistan1
7,110 Bosnia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
41,360 Netherlands49
14,963 Scotland26
162,376 Ukraine20
6,044 Trinidad and Tobago16
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
9,768 Sweden94
109,490 Indonesia71
149,112 Russia68
58,064 Canada52
29,438 Belgium52
Countries with hundreds of Akan:
2,703 Kazakhstan891
12,572 Germany807
4,483 Ghana639
64,826 India416
26,770 England177
129,535 United States163
84,907 France110
2,841 Macedonia102
Countries with thousands of Akan:
3,120 Bangladesh2,750
897 Benin2,109
Countries with ten thousands of Akan:
314 Turkey36,299
1,411 Nigeria17,882
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Akan Namesakes

  • Abass Akande Obesere, Musical Artist
  • Niji Akanni, Screenwriter
  • Tarık Akan, Film actor
  • Tarık Akan, Film actor
  • Hotaru Akane, Film actress
  • Kazuki Akane, Director
  • Yui Akane, Porn star
  • Yurika Akane, Film actress
  • Yûko Akane, Actress
  • Nakaushi Akane, Film Editor
  • Neslihan Akan, from 1996 adventure and crime film Cinayet masasi, who portrayed the N.

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