Akineye Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Akineye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 62 | 1:2,857,141 | 90,271 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Akineye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akineye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akineye is most common in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akineye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,394,033rd most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Akineye live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 2,857,141. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ondo, where 44 percent live, Ogun, where 23 percent live and Lagos, where 13 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 2 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
- 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 Akineye
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