Akeigba Surname

3,373,373rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 34 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ivory Coast

Akeigba Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akeigba Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria281:6,326,527151,186
Ivory Coast61:3,845,20548,272

Akeigba (180) may also be a first name.

Akeigba Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Akeigba Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Akeigba occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Akeigba? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,373,373rd most prevalent last name globally It is held by around 1 in 214,339,586 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 85 percent of Akeigba live; 85 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akeigba is also the 679,247th most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 180 people.

This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 6,326,527. In Nigeria Akeigba is mostly found in: Benue, where 93 percent live, Nasarawa, where 4 percent live and Oyo, where 4 percent live. Apart from Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 18 percent live.

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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 Akeigba
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