Achiem Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Achiem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Achiem (12) may also be a first name.
Achiem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Achiem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Achiem occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Achiem? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 7,117,718th most widely held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 71 percent of Achiem live; 71 percent live in West Africa and 71 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 12 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Achiem is most numerous in: Kogi, where 100 percent are found. Barring Nigeria Achiem occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 14 percent are found and Ghana, where 14 percent are found.
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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 Achiem
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