Akinrefe Surname

1,434,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 150 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Akinrefe Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Akinrefe Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1491:1,188,87848,183
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Akinrefe Last Name Facts

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

Akinrefe is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Akinrefe? popularity and diffusion

The last name Akinrefe is the 1,434,893rd most frequent last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 48,583,639 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Akinrefe reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 149 people, or 1 in 1,188,878. In Nigeria Akinrefe is primarily concentrated in: Ogun, where 60 percent live, Lagos, where 28 percent live and Cross River, where 7 percent live. Other than Nigeria Akinrefe occurs in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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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 Akinrefe
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