Akintoye Surname

28,614th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,767 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Akintoye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akintoye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria18,3981:9,6281,053
England2111:264,06720,991
United States1091:3,325,311189,554
Benin131:795,04642,452
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Slovenia21:1,243,83827,519
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Iceland21:190,0456,825
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
France11:66,422,722504,397
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

The alternate forms: Akintoyé (1) are calculated separately.

Akintoye (1,915) may also be a first name.

Akintoye Last Name Facts

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

The last name Akintoye is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant: Akintoyé. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Akintoye? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 28,614th most frequently held last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 388,317 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Akintoye are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 173,572nd most widely held given name world-wide, borne by 1,915 people.

This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 18,398 people, or 1 in 9,628. In Nigeria Akintoye is most numerous in: Lagos, where 21 percent are found, Ondo, where 21 percent are found and Ogun, where 15 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name occurs in 23 countries. It also occurs in England, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Akintoye Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (86%) in Nigeria.

In The United States those holding the Akintoye surname are 39.08% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 92.31% registered with the party.

Akintoye earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 17.47% more than the national average, earning $50,686 USD per year.

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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 Akintoye
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