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 most common in Ghana. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Akotey? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 193,819th most numerous last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 3,359,864 people. The surname Akotey is mostly 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 frequent given name globally. It is borne by 96 people.
Akotey is most frequent in Ghana, where it is borne by 1,870 people, or 1 in 14,450. Barring Ghana this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Niger, where 13 percent live and England, where 1 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 Akotey
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