Akanyo Surname
Approximately 4,577 people bear this surname
Akanyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 4,493 | 1:8,689 | 1,492 |
| Nigeria | 78 | 1:2,271,061 | 76,915 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
Akanyo Demographics
Akanyo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Akanyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akanyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akanyo is most common in Uganda. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akanyo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 102,846th most frequently held surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 1,592,210 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Akanyo reside; 98 percent reside in East Africa and 95 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 4,493 people, or 1 in 8,689. In Uganda it is most prevalent in: Agago District, where 36 percent live, Pader District, where 23 percent live and Kitgum District, where 18 percent live. Barring Uganda it is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 2 percent live and Kenya, where 0 percent live.
Akanyo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Akanyo
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