Akife Surname

2,483,783rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Akife Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akife Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria521:3,406,592101,701
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
France11:66,422,722504,397
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047

Akife (3,887) may also be a first name.

Akife Last Name Facts

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

The surname Akife (Russian: Акифье) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Akife? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 2,483,783rd most frequently held surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Akife are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 87 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akife is also the 112,482nd most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 3,887 people.

The last name Akife is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 52 people, or 1 in 3,406,592. In Nigeria Akife is most prevalent in: Cross River, where 52 percent are found, Delta, where 40 percent are found and Benue, where 2 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 8 percent are found and France, where 2 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Akife Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Akife in the Russian language
Акифьеakife-

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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 Akife
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