Akere Surname
Approximately 3,949 people bear this surname
Akere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,353 | 1:52,831 | 4,036 |
| Cameroon | 368 | 1:56,438 | 7,285 |
| United States | 54 | 1:6,712,202 | 314,667 |
| Papua New Guinea | 40 | 1:203,843 | 28,184 |
| Uganda | 37 | 1:1,055,116 | 44,846 |
| England | 30 | 1:1,857,269 | 74,552 |
| Latvia | 14 | 1:146,432 | 19,676 |
| Benin | 10 | 1:1,033,560 | 48,353 |
| Jamaica | 10 | 1:286,995 | 7,581 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 1:5,579,854 | 232,921 |
The alternate forms: Akéré (5) are calculated separately.
Akere (557) may also be a first name.
Akere Demographics
Average Akere Salary in
United States
$39,147 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Akere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akere is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Akéré. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akere? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 116,692nd most frequently used surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,845,416 people. The surname Akere is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Akere are found; 87 percent are found in West Africa and 85 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 356,380th most frequently used first name at a global level. It is borne by 557 people.
It is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 3,353 people, or 1 in 52,831. In Nigeria Akere is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 14 percent reside, Ondo, where 14 percent reside and Oyo, where 13 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it exists in 25 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 9 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Akere Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Akere has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Akere last name increased 600 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Akere Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Akere surname is primarily Muslim (63%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those bearing the Akere last name are 11.56% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 58.33% being registered with the party.
Akere earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 9.27% less than the national average, earning $39,147 USD per year.
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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 Akere
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