Akoye Surname
Approximately 245 people bear this surname
Akoye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 155 | 1:1,142,857 | 46,821 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| Papua New Guinea | 16 | 1:509,607 | 63,542 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Akoye (69) may also be a first name.
Akoye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akoye Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akoye is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Akoye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,028,911th most widely held surname world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 29,745,085 people. The surname Akoye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Akoye reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 66 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akoye is also the 1,171,416th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 69 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 155 people, or 1 in 1,142,857. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Kogi, where 39 percent are found, Edo, where 12 percent are found and Delta, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 12 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 11 percent are found and Niger, where 7 percent are found.
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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 Akoye
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