Akpaye Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Akpaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
Akpaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akpaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akpaye is most common in Nigeria. It can occur as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akpaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Akpaye is the 3,543,123rd most frequent family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 235,082,126 people. The surname Akpaye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Akpaye live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria Akpaye is mostly found in: Kogi, where 77 percent live, Akwa Ibom, where 18 percent live and Benue, where 5 percent live. Other than Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also common in Benin, where 29 percent live.
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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 Akpaye
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