Akity Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Akity Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
Akity (16) may also be a first name.
Akity Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akity Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akity is found most frequently in Benin. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Akity.
How Common Is The Last Name Akity? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,587,209th most commonly held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Akity reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,786,762nd most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 16 people.
Akity is most commonly used in Benin, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 1,033,560. In Benin Akity is mostly found in: Ouémé Department, where 80 percent live, Kouffo Department, where 10 percent live and Zou Department, where 10 percent live. Apart from Benin this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 17 percent live.
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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 Akity
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