Akpe Surname
Approximately 11,445 people bear this surname
Akpe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8,081 | 1:21,921 | 1,962 |
| Ivory Coast | 1,108 | 1:20,822 | 1,546 |
| Togo | 840 | 1:8,628 | 2,051 |
| Benin | 597 | 1:17,313 | 2,349 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| Cameroon | 248 | 1:83,746 | 10,190 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Papua New Guinea | 30 | 1:271,791 | 36,992 |
| United States | 29 | 1:12,498,584 | 473,286 |
| England | 19 | 1:2,932,529 | 101,561 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Liberia | 6 | 1:734,756 | 29,369 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
The alternate forms: Akpé (7) & Akpè (1) are calculated separately.
Akpe (1,775) may also be a first name.
Akpe Demographics
Average Akpe Salary in
United States
$34,742 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Akpe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akpe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akpe is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms: Akpé or Akpè. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akpe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 45,344th most common last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 636,745 people. Akpe occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Akpe live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 181,592nd most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 1,775 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 8,081 people, or 1 in 21,921. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 23 percent are found, Akwa Ibom, where 22 percent are found and Cross River, where 11 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 27 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 10 percent are found and Togo, where 7 percent are found.
Akpe Last Name Statistics demography
Akpe earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 19.48% less than the national average, earning $34,742 USD per year.
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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 Akpe
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