Akaje Surname
Approximately 425 people bear this surname
Akaje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 396 | 1:447,330 | 22,882 |
| Uganda | 17 | 1:2,296,428 | 70,019 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Akaje (33) may also be a first name.
Akaje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akaje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akaje (Marathi: एकजे) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akaje? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 694,796th most numerous last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 17,147,167 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Akaje live; 95 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akaje is also the 1,807,719th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 33 people.
Akaje is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 396 people, or 1 in 447,330. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Kwara, where 51 percent are found, Oyo, where 13 percent are found and Lagos, where 12 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Akaje exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 4 percent are found and Niger, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akaje Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akaje in the Marathi language | ||
| एकजे | ekaje | - |
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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 Akaje
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