Akyem Surname
Approximately 437 people bear this surname
Akyem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
Akyem (10) may also be a first name.
Akyem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akyem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akyem is carried by more people in Ghana than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Akyem? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 680,882nd most frequently occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 16,676,306 people. Akyem occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Akyem live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 10 people.
The surname Akyem is most frequent in Ghana, where it is held by 416 people, or 1 in 64,954. Beside Ghana it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 4 percent are found and England, 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 Akyem
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