Akperan Surname

968,490th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 268 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Akperan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Akperan Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2671:663,45630,992
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989

Akperan (221) may also be a first name.

Akperan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Akperan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Akperan is most common in Nigeria. It may appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Akperan? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 968,490th most prevalent family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 27,192,336 people. The surname Akperan is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Akperan reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akperan is also the 606,684th most frequently occurring first name in the world, held by 221 people.

This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 267 people, or 1 in 663,456. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Benue, where 97 percent live, Nasarawa, where 2 percent live and Federal Capital Territory, where 0 percent live. Excluding Nigeria Akperan occurs in one country. It is also found in Zambia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akperaan931/
Akparan8677/
Okperan8655/
Okperhan8022/
Okpheran803/
Akporain801/
Okparan7170/
Okperam711/
Ekparan711/
Okporan711/
Akparon711/
Haqparan672/
Akpojhron631/
Okporon5711/
Okporhon5311/
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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 Akperan
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