Akwayo Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Akwayo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 43 | 1:4,119,599 | 115,187 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Akwayo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akwayo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akwayo occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akwayo? popularity and diffusion
Akwayo is the 2,689,253rd most frequent family name in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Akwayo reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Akwayo is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 43 people, or 1 in 4,119,599. In Nigeria Akwayo is mostly found in: Akwa Ibom, where 74 percent live, Rivers, where 14 percent live and Ebonyi, where 9 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 15 percent live and The DR Congo, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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 Akwayo
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis