Akotey Surname
Approximately 2,169 people bear this surname
Akotey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 1,870 | 1:14,450 | 1,872 |
| Niger | 275 | 1:69,789 | 3,170 |
| England | 14 | 1:3,979,861 | 125,553 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Akotey (96) may also be a first name.
Akotey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akotey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akotey is found most frequently in Ghana. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akotey? popularity and diffusion
Akotey is the 193,819th most prevalent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 3,359,864 people. Akotey is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Akotey live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akotey is also the 968,397th most frequently used first name in the world It is held by 96 people.
Akotey is most frequently occurring in Ghana, where it is borne by 1,870 people, or 1 in 14,450. Other than Ghana this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 13 percent reside and England, where 1 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
- 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 Akotey
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