Akire Surname
Approximately 396 people bear this surname
Akire Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 228 | 1:776,942 | 34,923 |
| Uganda | 81 | 1:481,966 | 28,034 |
| India | 32 | 1:23,970,793 | 327,222 |
| Papua New Guinea | 22 | 1:370,624 | 48,900 |
| Ivory Coast | 14 | 1:1,647,945 | 32,915 |
| Brazil | 5 | 1:42,814,866 | 547,158 |
| Mexico | 3 | 1:41,375,402 | 71,397 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Akire (92) may also be a first name.
Akire Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akire Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akire (Marathi: एकीरे) is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akire? popularity and diffusion
The surname Akire is the 731,961st most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 18,402,894 people. The surname Akire occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Akire live; 58 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akire is also the 992,070th most commonly held first name globally. It is borne by 92 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 228 people, or 1 in 776,942. In Nigeria Akire is primarily concentrated in: Benue, where 49 percent are found, Rivers, where 18 percent are found and Cross River, where 9 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 16 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 20 percent are found and India, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akire Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akire in the Marathi language | ||
| एकीरे | ekire | 95.65 |
| ऐकीरे | aikire | 4.35 |
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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 Akire
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