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 surname Akoya (Hindi: आकोया, Russian: Акойа) is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akoya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Akoya is the 383,389th most widespread last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 7,852,959 people. This last name is predominantly 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 prevalent forename throughout the world, borne by 134 people.
It is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 698 people, or 1 in 66,160. In Kenya Akoya is most numerous in: Vihiga County, where 50 percent are found, Kakamega County, where 23 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 12 percent are found. Beside Kenya it occurs in 20 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 15 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent are found.
Akoya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Akoya surname is principally 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
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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 Akoya
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