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
Akwayi is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akwayi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 523,789th most widely held last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 11,754,106 people. The surname occurs mostly 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. It is also the 935,178th most frequently held forename worldwide It is held by 102 people.
Akwayi is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 397 people, or 1 in 446,203. In Nigeria Akwayi is mostly concentrated in: Nasarawa, where 54 percent reside, Benue, where 41 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 2 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Akwayi occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 35 percent reside and Uganda, where 0 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 Akwayi
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