Akanyi Surname
Approximately 542 people bear this surname
Akanyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 296 | 1:598,455 | 28,689 |
| DR Congo | 192 | 1:384,789 | 33,038 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Akanyi (18) may also be a first name.
Akanyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akanyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akanyi is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akanyi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 579,404th most frequently held surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 13,445,657 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Akanyi live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akanyi is also the 2,608,198th most widespread first name internationally, held by 18 people.
The surname Akanyi is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 296 people, or 1 in 598,455. In Nigeria Akanyi is most frequent in: Benue, where 69 percent are found, Taraba, where 14 percent are found and Lagos, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 35 percent are found and Cameroon, where 5 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 Akanyi
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