Akanie Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Akanie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Akanie (28) may also be a first name.
Akanie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akanie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akanie is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akanie? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,213,395th most frequently occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Akanie live; 57 percent live in West Africa and 57 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akanie is also the 1,994,417th most frequently used first name at a global level It is held by 28 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria it is most common in: Ekiti, where 63 percent are found, Lagos, where 25 percent are found and Kogi, where 13 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Akanie occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Ethiopia, where 29 percent are found and Malaysia, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Akanie
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