Atakey Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Atakey Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Atakey Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atakey Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Atakey is found most in Nigeria. It may appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Atakey? popularity and diffusion
The surname Atakey is the 5,587,209th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Atakey reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Atakey is most frequent in: Niger, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 33 percent reside and Egypt, where 8 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
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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 Atakey
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