Akintaju Surname

445,853rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 765 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Akintaju Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akintaju Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria7411:239,05913,890
England151:3,714,537119,675
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

Akintaju Last Name Facts

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

The surname Akintaju is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Akintaju? popularity and diffusion

The last name Akintaju is the 445,853rd most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 9,526,204 people. Akintaju occurs mostly in Africa, where 97 percent of Akintaju live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

Akintaju is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 741 people, or 1 in 239,059. In Nigeria Akintaju is primarily found in: Ondo, where 64 percent are found, Lagos, where 20 percent are found and Ekiti, where 6 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

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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 Akintaju
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