Achenge Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Achenge Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Achenge Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Achenge Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Achenge occurs in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Achenge click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Achenge? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,665,662nd most commonly used last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 251,294,687 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Achenge live; 66 percent live in East Africa and 59 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 2,054,699. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Busia District, where 16 percent live, Bugiri District, where 11 percent live and Buikwe District, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Uganda this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 21 percent live and Cameroon, where 10 percent live.
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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 Achenge
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