Akoru Surname
Approximately 458 people bear this surname
Akoru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 204 | 1:226,372 | 15,911 |
| Uganda | 119 | 1:328,061 | 22,062 |
| Nigeria | 99 | 1:1,789,321 | 64,938 |
| Papua New Guinea | 31 | 1:263,023 | 35,917 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Akoru (70) may also be a first name.
Akoru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akoru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akoru is found in Kenya more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akoru? popularity and diffusion
The surname Akoru is the 657,184th most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 15,911,672 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Akoru live; 71 percent live in East Africa and 68 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Akoru is also the 1,162,016th most common forename at a global level, borne by 70 people.
The surname is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 204 people, or 1 in 226,372. In Kenya Akoru is most common in: Turkana County, where 99 percent live, Trans Nzoia County, where 0 percent live and Uasin Gishu County, where 0 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya it occurs in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 26 percent live and Nigeria, where 22 percent live.
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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 Akoru
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