Akinyele Surname

32,486th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16,386 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Akinyele Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akinyele Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria15,8571:11,1711,167
United States2261:1,603,801107,667
England1621:343,93925,007
Benin971:106,55311,978
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Trinidad and Tobago41:340,99412,383
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Scotland31:1,784,60641,943
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Iceland11:380,09011,096
France11:66,422,722504,397
Finland11:5,496,70284,025

Akinyele (3,099) may also be a first name.

Akinyele Last Name Facts

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

The last name Akinyele occurs most in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Akinyele? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 32,486th most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 444,742 people. Akinyele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Akinyele live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akinyele is also the 129,504th most frequently used first name globally, held by 3,099 people.

The surname Akinyele is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 15,857 people, or 1 in 11,171. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Ondo, where 21 percent reside, Lagos, where 20 percent reside and Ogun, where 16 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Akinyele occurs in 20 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.

Akinyele Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is primarily Christian (83%) in Nigeria.

In The United States Akinyele are 39.08% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 92.31% registered with the political party.

Akinyele earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 2.66% more than the national average, earning $44,295 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
  • 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 Akinyele
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