Akerah Surname
Approximately 38 people bear this surname
Akerah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 37 | 1:4,787,642 | 126,894 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Akerah (11) may also be a first name.
Akerah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akerah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akerah is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akerah? popularity and diffusion
Akerah is the 3,185,033rd most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 191,777,524 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Akerah live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 11 people.
It is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 37 people, or 1 in 4,787,642. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 81 percent live, Osun, where 11 percent live and Enugu, where 3 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 3 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 Akerah
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