Akemu Surname

317,867th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,178 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Akemu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akemu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1,1431:154,9819,777
England181:3,095,448105,421
United States71:51,779,848968,877
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887

Akemu (81) may also be a first name.

Akemu Last Name Facts

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

The last name Akemu occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Akemu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 317,867th most common family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,186,372 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Akemu are found; 97 percent are found in West Africa and 97 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,068,082nd most common first name internationally, borne by 81 people.

The surname Akemu is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,143 people, or 1 in 154,981. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 62 percent are found, Lagos, where 12 percent are found and Rivers, where 4 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akeemu9188/
Akemuh9159/
Akkemu9137/
Akemhu914/
Akemgu913/
Aikemu911/
Akoemu911/
Askemu911/
Hakemu911/
Akemui911/
Akiemu911/
Akemud911/
Akemou911/
Hakeemu832/
Akemgou831/
Hakemau830/
Akimu805,058/
Akamu801,884/
Ekemu80807/
Akomu80143/
Okemu80124/
Acemu805/
Hakimu733,628/
Achemu731,300/
Ackimu73325/
Okoemu73306/
Akamau7362/
Akimou7343/
Akkamu7322/
Okaemu7319/
Okiemu7318/
Akyomu7316/
Hakamu7315/
Akaamu7315/
Okemou7312/
Aukamu7312/
Akammu7310/
Akhomu739/
Akimau737/
Ekemou734/
Aikamu734/
Akkimu734/
Akhamu733/
Akameu733/
Ahkimu733/
Okemau733/
Okeamu732/
Akamuh732/
Akaymu731/
Akimmu731/
Akuimu731/
Akhimu731/
Aakimu731/
Akymus731/
Aikomu731/
Okeemu731/
Aikhomu67505/
Hakimou6780/
Oikemus6736/
Okiemou6714/
Aikomou6713/
Haikamu675/
Hakimus675/
Akhamou674/
Hackimu672/
Hakemoo671/
Akhimuh671/
Hakimau671/
Okemeue671/
Acheamu671/
Okemush671/
Aikamou671/
Akkamou671/
Akeumoe671/
Akhemmouch671/
Achemou671/
Aïkomou671/
Akamahu671/
Ahakomu671/

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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 Akemu
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