Akaye Surname
Approximately 2,129 people bear this surname
Akaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 840 | 1:8,628 | 2,051 |
| Chad | 481 | 1:28,258 | 3,335 |
| Niger | 243 | 1:78,979 | 3,442 |
| Gabon | 202 | 1:9,352 | 1,744 |
| Ivory Coast | 125 | 1:184,570 | 8,133 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Nigeria | 58 | 1:3,054,185 | 94,504 |
| Namibia | 41 | 1:58,766 | 6,768 |
| Benin | 8 | 1:1,291,950 | 54,095 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Akaye (260) may also be a first name.
Akaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akaye (Arabic: اكايي, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻗﻴﻠﻪ, Marathi: अकये) is carried by more people in Togo than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akaye? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 196,784th most widespread family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,422,990 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Akaye reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 48 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 552,051st most commonly occurring first name internationally, held by 260 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Togo, where it is borne by 840 people, or 1 in 8,628. Beside Togo it is found in 18 countries. It is also found in Chad, where 23 percent reside and Niger, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akaye in the Marathi language | ||
| अकये | akaye | - |
| Akaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻗﻴﻠﻪ | aqylh | 50 |
| ﺃﻛﺎﻱ | akay | 50 |
| Akaye in the Arabic language | ||
| اكايي | akayy | - |
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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 Akaye
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