Akye Surname
Approximately 95 people bear this surname
Akye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 44 | 1:4,025,972 | 113,480 |
| Cameroon | 24 | 1:865,378 | 58,754 |
| Benin | 23 | 1:449,374 | 31,324 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Akye (19) may also be a first name.
Akye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺁﻛﻲ) is most common in Nigeria. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akye? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,907,068th most prevalent last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Akye reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 71 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most frequently occurring first name throughout the world It is held by 19 people.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 4,025,972. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Benue, where 84 percent live and Nasarawa, where 16 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 25 percent live and Benin, where 24 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺁﻛﻲ | aky | - |
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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 Akye
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