Family name Akpayev (Акпаев 
, Akpayev) , in the entire world, is a rare last name. The surname Akpayev is habitual in Kazakhstan, where it is quite a rare surname, Azerbaijan, and Kyrgyzstan, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, and Russia. Very seldom, Akpayev is the forename as well as the last name.