Achor Surname
Approximately 7,445 people bear this surname
Achor Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5,574 | 1:31,780 | 2,656 |
| United States | 522 | 1:694,366 | 54,999 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Kenya | 306 | 1:150,915 | 11,990 |
| Uganda | 144 | 1:271,106 | 19,583 |
| Cameroon | 137 | 1:151,599 | 16,647 |
| Argentina | 106 | 1:403,240 | 30,872 |
| Spain | 54 | 1:865,778 | 34,484 |
| France | 27 | 1:2,460,101 | 186,232 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| England | 12 | 1:4,643,172 | 139,951 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Ethiopia | 4 | 1:24,386,566 | 19,165 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 158 | 1:317,840 | 24,909 |
Achor (1,098) may also be a first name.
Achor Demographics
Achor Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Achor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Achor Come From? nationality or country of origin
Achor (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺎﺷﻮﺭ, Marathi: अचोर) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Achor.
How Common Is The Last Name Achor? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 66,886th most widespread last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 978,851 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Achor live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 240,807th most commonly used first name world-wide, borne by 1,098 people.
The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5,574 people, or 1 in 31,780. In Nigeria Achor is mostly found in: Kogi, where 31 percent reside, Rivers, where 17 percent reside and Abia, where 10 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 33 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 7 percent reside and Ghana, where 7 percent reside.
Achor Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Achor has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Achor surname rose 330 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Achor Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Achor surname are 31.39% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 84.62% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Achor earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 7.86% less than the national average, earning $39,756 USD per year and in Canada they earn 28.83% less than the national average, earning $35,360 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Achor Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Achor in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻋﺎﺷﻮﺭ | ashwr | - |
| Achor in the Marathi language | ||
| अचोर | acora | - |
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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 Achor
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