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
The last name Akiye has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akiye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Akiye is the 1,315,412th most common family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 42,617,228 people. This surname occurs mostly 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 frequently held given name worldwide, borne by 216 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 2,108,842. In Nigeria Akiye is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 33 percent reside, Delta, where 25 percent reside and Kogi, where 20 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Benin, where 37 percent reside and Niger, where 6 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 Akiye
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