Akomaye Surname
Approximately 2,592 people bear this surname
Akomaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,571 | 1:68,900 | 4,998 |
| Benin | 12 | 1:861,300 | 44,192 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Akomaye (362) may also be a first name.
Akomaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akomaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akomaye is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Akomaye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 166,914th most common last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,811,553 people. The last name Akomaye occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Akomaye live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 457,558th most frequently held first name at a global level, held by 362 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 2,571 people, or 1 in 68,900. In Nigeria Akomaye is primarily found in: Cross River, where 77 percent live, Lagos, where 5 percent live and Plateau, where 4 percent live. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Benin, where 0 percent live and Cameroon, where 0 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 Akomaye
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