Akpai Surname
Approximately 3,397 people bear this surname
Akpai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,166 | 1:81,783 | 5,787 |
| Ghana | 762 | 1:35,460 | 4,134 |
| DR Congo | 397 | 1:186,095 | 18,831 |
| Benin | 60 | 1:172,260 | 17,125 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
The alternate forms: Akpaï (33) & Akpaî (13) are calculated separately.
Akpai (729) may also be a first name.
Akpai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akpai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akpai is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant: Akpaï or Akpaî. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akpai? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 132,808th most commonly used last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 2,145,289 people. Akpai occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Akpai reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 305,398th most commonly used first name globally It is held by 729 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,166 people, or 1 in 81,783. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Kogi, where 83 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 3 percent reside and Lagos, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 22 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 12 percent reside.
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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 Akpai
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