Achieng Surname
Approximately 207,753 people bear this surname
Achieng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 184,543 | 1:250 | 22 |
| Uganda | 22,705 | 1:1,719 | 247 |
| Tanzania | 242 | 1:218,767 | 18,242 |
| United States | 68 | 1:5,330,278 | 267,385 |
| Sudan | 49 | 1:765,514 | 2,614 |
| England | 33 | 1:1,688,426 | 69,999 |
| South Sudan | 25 | 1:456,603 | 797 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Iceland | 9 | 1:42,232 | 2,922 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Achieng (39,730) may also be a first name.
Achieng Demographics
Achieng Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Achieng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Achieng Come From? nationality or country of origin
Achieng is found most in Kenya. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Achieng? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,685th most widely held surname on earth, held by around 1 in 35,078 people. The last name Achieng occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Achieng live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 75 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 22,321st most frequent first name on earth It is held by 39,730 people.
Achieng is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 184,543 people, or 1 in 250. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kisumu County, where 22 percent live, Homa Bay County, where 18 percent live and Siaya County, where 16 percent live. Beside Kenya it is found in 38 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 11 percent live and Tanzania, where 0 percent live.
Achieng Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Achieng earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.96% less than the national average, earning $39,713 USD per year.
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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 Achieng
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