Akunye Surname
Approximately 84 people bear this surname
Akunye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 69 | 1:2,567,286 | 83,988 |
| Indonesia | 15 | 1:8,816,613 | 340,855 |
Akunye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akunye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akunye is found most in Nigeria. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Akunye.
How Common Is The Last Name Akunye? popularity and diffusion
The surname Akunye is the 2,047,559th most commonly occurring family name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 86,756,499 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Akunye reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 69 people, or 1 in 2,567,286. In Nigeria it is most common in: Taraba, where 93 percent reside, Ondo, where 4 percent reside and Kogi, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Indonesia, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akunoye | 92 | 3 | / |
| Akunaye | 92 | 1 | / |
| Akonye | 83 | 406 | / |
| Okunye | 83 | 88 | / |
| Akunje | 83 | 25 | / |
| Akunge | 83 | 10 | / |
| Akuney | 83 | 8 | / |
| Akunie | 83 | 7 | / |
| Akunei | 83 | 6 | / |
| Akugne | 83 | 2 | / |
| Akunay | 83 | 2 | / |
| Akunae | 83 | 2 | / |
| Akunjy | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okunoye | 77 | 3,473 | / |
| Okuneye | 77 | 1,803 | / |
| Akunjee | 77 | 1,356 | / |
| Akunaay | 77 | 90 | / |
| Okaunye | 77 | 22 | / |
| Okunaye | 77 | 17 | / |
| Akungee | 77 | 16 | / |
| Akuneje | 77 | 13 | / |
| Akunaya | 77 | 8 | / |
| Akonaye | 77 | 6 | / |
| Akunnie | 77 | 3 | / |
| Akuniyi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Okounye | 77 | 2 | / |
| Akunaje | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ajkonye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akuniya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akungie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Eakonye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akunjie | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akuneit | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akguney | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okunuye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akuneha | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okunneye | 71 | 162 | / |
| Akhunjee | 71 | 43 | / |
| Akunnaya | 71 | 30 | / |
| Okunnoye | 71 | 18 | / |
| Ahakonye | 71 | 13 | / |
| Akunniyi | 71 | 8 | / |
| Okunaiye | 71 | 6 | / |
| Haikunje | 71 | 4 | / |
| Okeunoye | 71 | 4 | / |
| Aakunjee | 71 | 3 | / |
| Oukunoye | 71 | 3 | / |
| Okounoye | 71 | 3 | / |
| Odkunaye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okunioye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hokuneye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akaunjee | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akounoue | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akungowe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akhunjiy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akuneysh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akonaaye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akunnayu | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okonye | 67 | 5,341 | / |
| Akunji | 67 | 3,750 | / |
| Akonay | 67 | 391 | / |
| Acunge | 67 | 55 | / |
| Akunai | 67 | 41 | / |
| Akoney | 67 | 32 | / |
| Akonoy | 67 | 27 | / |
| Akunja | 67 | 17 | / |
| Okunge | 67 | 15 | / |
| Okuney | 67 | 13 | / |
| Akonje | 67 | 7 | / |
| Okunei | 67 | 6 | / |
| Akonie | 67 | 6 | / |
| Akhunajiy | 67 | 3 | / |
| Okunhe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okunoy | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okunje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akunoi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okunnaiye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akunaa | 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 Akunye
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