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Cognomen Akayev (Акаев
, Akayev
, Акаєв
) , across the world, is quite a rare last name. The cognomen Akayev is characteristic of Kyrgyzstan, where it is quite a rare surname, Kazakhstan, and Azerbaijan. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Russia, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan. Much less frequently, Akayev is the forename as well as the last name.