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) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Akire? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 731,961st most common family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 18,402,894 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 79 percent of Akire reside; 58 percent reside in West Africa and 58 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 992,070th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 92 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 228 people, or 1 in 776,942. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Benue, where 49 percent reside, Rivers, where 18 percent reside and Cross River, where 9 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 16 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 20 percent reside and India, where 8 percent reside.
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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