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
The last name Akire (Marathi: एकीरे) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Akire? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 731,961st most widely held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 18,402,894 people. Akire occurs mostly 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 frequently held first name world-wide. It is borne by 92 people.
Akire is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 228 people, or 1 in 776,942. In Nigeria it is most common in: Benue, where 49 percent reside, Rivers, where 18 percent reside and Cross River, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Akire exists in 16 countries. It is also common 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
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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 Akire
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