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 found most in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Akye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akye? popularity and diffusion
Akye is the 1,907,068th most common surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 76,711,010 people. The last name Akye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Akye live; 72 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most widespread given name worldwide, borne by 19 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 44 people, or 1 in 4,025,972. In Nigeria Akye is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 84 percent are found and Nasarawa, where 16 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 25 percent are found and Benin, where 24 percent are found.
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
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- 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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