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
The last name Akaje (Marathi: एकजे) is most common in Nigeria. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Akaje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akaje? popularity and diffusion
The last name Akaje is the 694,796th most commonly used family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 17,147,167 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Akaje reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,807,719th most frequent given name globally, held by 33 people.
The last name Akaje is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 396 people, or 1 in 447,330. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Kwara, where 51 percent live, Oyo, where 13 percent live and Lagos, where 12 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 6 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 4 percent live and Niger, where 1 percent live.
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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