Akaiye Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Akaiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Akaiye (29) may also be a first name.
Akaiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akaiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akaiye occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akaiye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Akaiye is the 6,723,624th most widely held family name in the world, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname Akaiye occurs mostly in Africa, where 88 percent of Akaiye are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akaiye is also the 1,951,561st most commonly occurring forename globally It is held by 29 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 7 people, or 1 in 25,306,108. In Nigeria Akaiye is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 100 percent live. Besides Nigeria it exists in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent live.
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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 Akaiye
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