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
Acheni (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺎﺷﻦ) is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Acheni? popularity and diffusion
The last name Acheni is the 633,196th most commonly held surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 15,119,390 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Acheni reside; 83 percent reside in East Africa and 62 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Acheni is also the 305,109th most commonly held given name at a global level, held by 730 people.
The last name Acheni is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 253 people, or 1 in 182,529. In Kenya it is mostly found 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
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- 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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