Akanfe Surname
Approximately 1,712 people bear this surname
Akanfe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,693 | 1:104,632 | 7,039 |
| Ivory Coast | 13 | 1:1,774,710 | 34,235 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Akanfe (551) may also be a first name.
Akanfe Demographics
Akanfe Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Akanfe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akanfe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akanfe is found most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Akanfe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akanfe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 235,103rd most frequently used last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 4,256,744 people. The surname Akanfe is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Akanfe live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 358,643rd most common forename internationally, borne by 551 people.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,693 people, or 1 in 104,632. In Nigeria Akanfe is mostly concentrated in: Osun, where 55 percent are found, Oyo, where 16 percent are found and Lagos, where 12 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.
Akanfe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Akanfe surname is chiefly Muslim (50%) in Nigeria.
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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 Akanfe
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