Akayah Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Akayah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Akayah (15) may also be a first name.
Akayah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akayah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akayah occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akayah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,979,664th most widespread last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Akayah reside; 65 percent reside in West Africa and 65 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 15 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 6,326,527. In Nigeria Akayah is mostly concentrated in: Benue, where 68 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 14 percent reside and Lagos, where 11 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Akayah occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 28 percent reside and Malaysia, where 2 percent reside.
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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 Akayah
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