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
Average Achor Salary in
United States
$39,756 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Achor Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Achor Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Achor (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻋﺎﺷﻮﺭ, Marathi: अचोर) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Achor.
How Common Is The Last Name Achor? popularity and diffusion
The last name Achor is the 66,886th most widely held last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 978,851 people. It is mostly found 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 held forename world-wide It is held by 1,098 people.
The surname Achor is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 5,574 people, or 1 in 31,780. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Kogi, where 31 percent reside, Rivers, where 17 percent reside and Abia, where 10 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Achor 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 incidence of Achor has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 330 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Achor Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Achor last name are 31.39% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 84.62% being registered with the political 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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