Akwayi Surname
Approximately 620 people bear this surname
Akwayi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 397 | 1:446,203 | 22,838 |
| Cameroon | 220 | 1:94,405 | 11,260 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Akwayi (102) may also be a first name.
Akwayi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akwayi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akwayi is found most in Nigeria. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akwayi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Akwayi is the 523,789th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 11,754,106 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Akwayi are found; 64 percent are found in West Africa and 64 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akwayi is also the 935,178th most prevalent forename internationally, borne by 102 people.
Akwayi is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 397 people, or 1 in 446,203. In Nigeria Akwayi is most common in: Nasarawa, where 54 percent are found, Benue, where 41 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 2 percent are found. Besides Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 35 percent are found and Uganda, where 0 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 Akwayi
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