Akoyo Surname
Approximately 1,809 people bear this surname
Akoyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1,023 | 1:45,142 | 4,661 |
| Uganda | 617 | 1:63,273 | 7,220 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
Akoyo (138) may also be a first name.
Akoyo Demographics
Akoyo Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Akoyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akoyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akoyo is most common in Kenya. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akoyo? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 224,803rd most widely held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 4,028,494 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Akoyo reside; 91 percent reside in East Africa and 58 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 787,636th most common first name globally It is held by 138 people.
The surname Akoyo is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 1,023 people, or 1 in 45,142. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Vihiga County, where 38 percent reside, Kakamega County, where 20 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 16 percent reside. Aside from Kenya it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 34 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 7 percent reside.
Akoyo Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Akoyo
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