Achonye Surname

574,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 548 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Achonye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Achonye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria5171:342,63618,587
United States201:18,122,947588,089
South Africa81:6,772,213167,054
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401

Achonye Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Achonye Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Achonye is most common in Nigeria. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Achonye? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 574,640th most numerous surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 13,298,441 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Achonye reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 517 people, or 1 in 342,636. In Nigeria Achonye is most frequent in: Abia, where 30 percent live, Lagos, where 19 percent live and Kano, where 9 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 4 percent live and South Africa, where 1 percent live.

Achonye Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Achonye earn in different countries varies marginally. In South Africa they earn 48.19% less than the national average, earning R 123,132 per year and in United States they earn 43.28% less than the national average, earning $24,475 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
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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 Achonye
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