Akpei Surname
Approximately 26 people bear this surname
Akpei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Akpei (606) may also be a first name.
Akpei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akpei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akpei occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Akpei.
How Common Is The Last Name Akpei? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 3,882,373rd most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 280,290,228 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 81 percent of Akpei reside; 69 percent reside in West Africa and 65 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 339,515th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 606 people.
The surname Akpei is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Benue, where 40 percent are found, Nasarawa, where 33 percent are found and Rivers, where 20 percent are found. Not including Nigeria Akpei is found in 3 countries. It is also found in The Ivory Coast, where 31 percent are found and Cameroon, where 8 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 Akpei
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