Akemo Surname
Approximately 886 people bear this surname
Akemo Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 457 | 1:85,425 | 8,997 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| DR Congo | 96 | 1:769,579 | 54,223 |
| Cameroon | 26 | 1:798,810 | 55,510 |
| Nigeria | 21 | 1:8,435,369 | 179,591 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Akemo (36) may also be a first name.
Akemo Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akemo Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akemo is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akemo? popularity and diffusion
It is the 397,537th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 8,225,221 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Akemo are found; 52 percent are found in East Africa and 50 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most prevalent first name world-wide, borne by 36 people.
Akemo is most frequent in Uganda, where it is borne by 457 people, or 1 in 85,425. In Uganda Akemo is most numerous in: Serere District, where 44 percent live, Soroti District, where 15 percent live and Kaberamaido District, where 12 percent live. Excluding Uganda Akemo is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 31 percent live and The DR Congo, where 11 percent live.
Akemo Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Akemo has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Akemo
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