Achian Surname
Approximately 310 people bear this surname
Achian Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 299 | 1:592,451 | 28,489 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Achian (40) may also be a first name.
Achian Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Achian Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Achian is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Achian? popularity and diffusion
It is the 872,430th most common last name internationally, held by around 1 in 23,508,213 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Achian reside; 97 percent reside in West Africa and 97 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,614,485th most widely held first name in the world, borne by 40 people.
It is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 299 people, or 1 in 592,451. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Benue, where 89 percent reside, Taraba, where 5 percent reside and Gombe, where 2 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in 7 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Malaysia, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Achian
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