Akinteye Surname

193,682nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,171 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Akinteye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akinteye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,1571:82,1255,812
United States71:51,779,848968,877
England41:13,929,515290,718
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Akinteye (61) may also be a first name.

Akinteye Last Name Facts

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

The surname Akinteye is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Akinteye? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 193,682nd most frequently used surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 3,356,769 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Akinteye are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,257,960th most numerous given name world-wide. It is borne by 61 people.

The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,157 people, or 1 in 82,125. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Oyo, where 56 percent reside, Lagos, where 24 percent reside and Ogun, where 9 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 0 percent reside and England, where 0 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
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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 Akinteye
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