Achebe Surname
Approximately 2,018 people bear this surname
Achebe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,779 | 1:99,574 | 6,782 |
| United States | 144 | 1:2,517,076 | 153,460 |
| England | 31 | 1:1,797,357 | 72,927 |
| Ireland | 14 | 1:336,353 | 12,021 |
| Uganda | 10 | 1:3,903,928 | 93,934 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
Achebe (781) may also be a first name.
Achebe Demographics
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Achebe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Achebe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Achebe is found most in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Achebe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 205,585th most commonly used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 3,611,272 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Achebe live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 293,584th most commonly used given name internationally, held by 781 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,779 people, or 1 in 99,574. In Nigeria Achebe is mostly found in: Enugu, where 19 percent live, Lagos, where 18 percent live and Abia, where 9 percent live. Not including Nigeria Achebe occurs in 20 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 7 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.
Achebe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Achebe surname are 36.24% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 89.47% being registered with the party.
Achebe earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.99% more than the national average, earning $47,461 USD per year.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Achebe
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