Akeya Surname
Approximately 654 people bear this surname
Akeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Kenya | 151 | 1:305,827 | 19,250 |
| DR Congo | 75 | 1:985,061 | 64,020 |
| United States | 47 | 1:7,711,892 | 346,147 |
| Papua New Guinea | 39 | 1:209,070 | 28,870 |
| Uganda | 37 | 1:1,055,116 | 44,846 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Liberia | 5 | 1:881,707 | 33,815 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Akeya (307) may also be a first name.
Akeya Demographics
Average Akeya Salary in
United States
$34,045 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Akeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akeya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺃﻛﻲ, Hindi: आकेया, Oriya: ଆେକୟା) occurs more in Ghana more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akeya? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 502,491st most widely held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 11,143,037 people. Akeya is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Akeya live; 44 percent live in West Africa and 43 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 502,288th most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 307 people.
It is most widespread in Ghana, where it is carried by 277 people, or 1 in 97,548. Beside Ghana this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 23 percent live and The DR Congo, where 11 percent live.
Akeya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Akeya surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.
Akeya earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 21.1% less than the national average, earning $34,045 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akeya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akeya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺃﻛﻲ | aky | - |
| Akeya in the Hindi language | ||
| आकेया | akeya | - |
| Akeya in the Oriya language | ||
| ଆେକୟା | aekaya | 75 |
| ଅେକୟା | aekaya | 25 |
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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 Akeya
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