Achanya Surname

330,832nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,119 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Achanya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Achanya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,0981:161,33210,108
Cameroon151:1,384,60580,726
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Achanya (114) may also be a first name.

Achanya Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Achanya Come From? nationality or country of origin

Achanya (Oriya: ଆଚାଯଯ୍ର୍) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Achanya? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 330,832nd most widespread surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 6,512,552 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Achanya are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 877,214th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 114 people.

The last name Achanya is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,098 people, or 1 in 161,332. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 47 percent are found, Lagos, where 8 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 7 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Achanya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Achanya in the Oriya language
ଆଚାଯଯ୍ର୍acayayr-

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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
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  • 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 Achanya
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