Akaniya Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Akaniya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Akaniya (11) may also be a first name.
Akaniya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akaniya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akaniya is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Akaniya.
How Common Is The Last Name Akaniya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Akaniya is the 5,391,485th most frequently used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Akaniya are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akaniya is also the 3,487,849th most frequently occurring given name globally. It is borne by 11 people.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 14,761,896. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Adamawa, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 8 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 Akaniya
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