Family name Akaiev (Акаев 
, Akaiev 
, אקייב 
) , globally, is quite a rare last name. The cognomen Akaiev is habitual in Kyrgyzstan, where it is quite a rare surname, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan. Measured by absolute frequency, this name is the most popular in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. Much less frequently, Akaiev is the forename as well as the last name.