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 found most in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akineye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,394,033rd most prevalent last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 113,867,905 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Akineye are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Akineye is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 62 people, or 1 in 2,857,141. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ondo, where 44 percent reside, Ogun, where 23 percent reside and Lagos, where 13 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 2 percent reside and The United States, where 2 percent reside.
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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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