Akarekwe Surname
Approximately 63 people bear this surname
Akarekwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 62 | 1:2,857,141 | 90,271 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Akarekwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akarekwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akarekwe is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akarekwe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Akarekwe is the 2,414,640th most widespread last name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 115,675,332 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Akarekwe reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 62 people, or 1 in 2,857,141. In Nigeria Akarekwe is mostly concentrated in: Enugu, where 47 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 34 percent live and Niger, where 15 percent live. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 2 percent live.
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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 Akarekwe
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