Akayan Surname
Approximately 121 people bear this surname
Akayan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 42 | 1:4,217,685 | 117,088 |
| Israel | 25 | 1:342,305 | 28,607 |
| Cameroon | 18 | 1:1,153,837 | 70,128 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| Lebanon | 6 | 1:939,514 | 16,645 |
| Niger | 6 | 1:3,198,670 | 54,540 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Akayan (14) may also be a first name.
Akayan Demographics
Akayan Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Akayan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akayan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akayan (Arabic: اكايان, Russian: Акаян) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akayan? popularity and diffusion
The surname Akayan is the 1,649,806th most commonly used surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 60,227,652 people. The surname Akayan occurs mostly in Africa, where 55 percent of Akayan reside; 41 percent reside in West Africa and 36 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akayan is also the 3,024,661st most frequent first name at a global level, borne by 14 people.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 42 people, or 1 in 4,217,685. In Nigeria Akayan is primarily found in: Kogi, where 52 percent live, Benue, where 17 percent live and Ondo, where 12 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Israel, where 21 percent live and Cameroon, where 15 percent live.
Akayan Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Armenian Evangelical (80%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akayan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akayan in the Russian language | ||
| Акаян | akaan | - |
| Akayan in the Arabic language | ||
| اكايان | akayan | - |
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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
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- 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 Akayan
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