Akerere Surname

3,432,070th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Palestine

Akerere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akerere Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria171:10,420,162203,261
Palestine131:349,91111,386
England11:55,718,059489,080
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Akerere (19) may also be a first name.

Akerere Last Name Facts

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

The surname Akerere is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Akerere? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,432,070th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 52 percent of Akerere are found; 52 percent are found in West Africa and 52 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most commonly used first name throughout the world, held by 19 people.

This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 10,420,162. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 41 percent live, Ogun, where 41 percent live and Ondo, where 18 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Akerere is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Palestine, where 39 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akerer921/
Akeretrea881/
Ackerer86336/
Okerere8616/
Akkerer866/
Ekerere862/
Akerher861/
Akirere861/
Akerare861/
Hakarere805/
Acerer7724/
Okerer773/
Acherer7170/
Akerior7119/
Ekorere7113/
Okorere713/
Okerera712/
Okerher711/
Okerore711/
Ekirere711/
Akergir711/
Ekereri711/
Haykırer6729/
Hacherer677/
Akrehiry671/
Ocherere671/
Acheerer671/

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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 Akerere
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