Akperan Surname
Approximately 268 people bear this surname
Akperan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 267 | 1:663,456 | 30,992 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
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 occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akperan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 968,490th most commonly occurring family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 27,192,336 people. The last name Akperan occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Akperan are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akperan is also the 606,684th most widely held first name in the world It is held by 221 people.
The surname Akperan is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 267 people, or 1 in 663,456. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 97 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 2 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 0 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Zambia, where 0 percent reside.
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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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