Akponye Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Akponye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
Akponye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akponye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akponye is most common in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akponye? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,602,217th most widely held surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 87 percent of Akponye reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Akponye is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria Akponye is mostly found in: Federal Capital Territory, where 35 percent reside, Rivers, where 31 percent reside and Abia, where 27 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 10 percent reside and Iceland, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akpuonye | 93 | 3 | / |
| Akponoye | 93 | 2 | / |
| Akponaye | 93 | 1 | / |
| Okponye | 86 | 2 | / |
| Ekponye | 86 | 2 | / |
| Akponee | 86 | 1 | / |
| Akpunye | 86 | 1 | / |
| Akpaneye | 80 | 4 | / |
| Akpanyie | 80 | 2 | / |
| Akponeya | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okponyie | 80 | 1 | / |
| Akponuje | 80 | 1 | / |
| Akpaenyie | 75 | 2 | / |
| Akpognihe | 75 | 2 | / |
| Akponou | 71 | 52 | / |
| Okpanye | 71 | 7 | / |
| Akpange | 71 | 5 | / |
| Okpenye | 71 | 5 | / |
| Akpanay | 71 | 4 | / |
| Ekpenye | 71 | 4 | / |
| Okponie | 71 | 3 | / |
| Okponge | 71 | 2 | / |
| Akpanae | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akpanje | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akpanei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akpunge | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akpenie | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akpanee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okponyia | 67 | 38 | / |
| Akpanyia | 67 | 37 | / |
| Akpanyua | 67 | 16 | / |
| Akpaniyi | 67 | 7 | / |
| Akpangee | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ekponyay | 67 | 3 | / |
| Akpanuje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okponeyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akpongou | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akpaneya | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akpanuya | 67 | 1 | / |
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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
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- 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 Akponye
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