Akiye Surname
Approximately 171 people bear this surname
Akiye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 84 | 1:2,108,842 | 73,007 |
| Benin | 64 | 1:161,494 | 16,390 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Akiye (216) may also be a first name.
Akiye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akiye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akiye is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akiye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Akiye is the 1,315,412th most widely held surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 42,617,228 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Akiye reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akiye is also the 614,549th most frequent first name throughout the world It is held by 216 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 84 people, or 1 in 2,108,842. In Nigeria it is most common in: Bayelsa, where 33 percent live, Delta, where 25 percent live and Kogi, where 20 percent live. Other than Nigeria Akiye is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 37 percent live and Niger, where 6 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
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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 Akiye
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