Akinyo Surname
Approximately 544 people bear this surname
Akinyo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 495 | 1:357,864 | 19,258 |
| Uganda | 42 | 1:929,507 | 41,540 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Akinyo (16) may also be a first name.
Akinyo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akinyo Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akinyo is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akinyo? popularity and diffusion
The surname Akinyo is the 577,768th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 13,396,224 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Akinyo are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akinyo is also the 2,786,762nd most widespread first name internationally It is held by 16 people.
The surname Akinyo is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 495 people, or 1 in 357,864. In Nigeria Akinyo is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 63 percent reside, Lagos, where 21 percent reside and Ogun, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 8 percent reside and Scotland, where 0 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 Akinyo
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