Acheni Surname
Approximately 482 people bear this surname
Acheni Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 253 | 1:182,529 | 13,729 |
| Uganda | 147 | 1:265,573 | 19,326 |
| Benin | 47 | 1:219,906 | 20,230 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Tanzania | 2 | 1:26,470,806 | 111,653 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Acheni (730) may also be a first name.
Acheni Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Acheni Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Acheni (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺎﺷﻦ) is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Acheni? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 633,196th most commonly used last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 15,119,390 people. The surname Acheni occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Acheni live; 83 percent live in East Africa and 62 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 305,109th most prevalent forename world-wide, borne by 730 people.
The surname Acheni is most frequent in Kenya, where it is borne by 253 people, or 1 in 182,529. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Turkana County, where 100 percent live. Excluding Kenya this last name exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 30 percent live and Benin, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Acheni Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Acheni in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﺎﺷﻦ | ashn | - |
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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 Acheni
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