Akunyi Surname
Approximately 41 people bear this surname
Akunyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 36 | 1:4,920,632 | 129,434 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
Akunyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akunyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akunyi occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akunyi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 3,055,934th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 177,745,022 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Akunyi reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 36 people, or 1 in 4,920,632. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Sokoto, where 39 percent reside, Delta, where 31 percent reside and Benue, where 11 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent reside and Uganda, where 5 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 Akunyi
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