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 occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Achebe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Achebe is the 205,585th most frequently occurring family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 3,611,272 people. Achebe is predominantly 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 frequently held first name internationally, held by 781 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,779 people, or 1 in 99,574. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Enugu, where 19 percent live, Lagos, where 18 percent live and Abia, where 9 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 7 percent live and England, where 2 percent live.
Achebe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States Achebe are 36.24% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 89.47% registered to vote for 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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