Akoya Surname
Approximately 928 people bear this surname
Akoya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 698 | 1:66,160 | 6,352 |
| DR Congo | 137 | 1:539,267 | 42,095 |
| Papua New Guinea | 34 | 1:239,815 | 32,925 |
| Turkey | 13 | 1:5,986,263 | 116,031 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Uganda | 4 | 1:9,759,820 | 144,676 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
Akoya (134) may also be a first name.
Akoya Demographics
Akoya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Akoya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akoya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akoya (Hindi: आकोया, Russian: Акойа) is most common in Kenya. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akoya? popularity and diffusion
It is the 383,389th most commonly held surname on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 7,852,959 people. The surname Akoya is primarily found in Africa, where 93 percent of Akoya live; 76 percent live in East Africa and 47 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 800,975th most widely held first name on earth. It is borne by 134 people.
The surname Akoya is most commonly occurring in Kenya, where it is held by 698 people, or 1 in 66,160. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Vihiga County, where 50 percent live, Kakamega County, where 23 percent live and Nairobi County, where 12 percent live. Apart from Kenya this last name occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 15 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent live.
Akoya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Akoya last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akoya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akoya in the Hindi language | ||
| आकोया | akoya | - |
| Akoya in the Russian language | ||
| Акойа | akoja | - |
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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 Akoya
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