Surname اكان (Akan 
, اكان 
) , throughout the world, is a common cognomen. The last name اكان is characteristic of Turkey, where it is quite a common surname, Nigeria, where it is quite a rare surname, and Benin. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in Turkey, Nigeria, and Bangladesh. Very seldom, اكان is the forename as well as the last name.