Akpokene Surname

2,185,341st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 75 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Jamaica

Akpokene Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Akpokene Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria661:2,683,98186,518
Jamaica71:409,9929,090
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
England11:55,718,059489,080

Akpokene (16) may also be a first name.

Akpokene Last Name Facts

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

The surname Akpokene occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Akpokene? popularity and diffusion

Akpokene is the 2,185,341st most commonly occurring surname globally, held by around 1 in 97,167,279 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Akpokene reside; 88 percent reside in West Africa and 88 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akpokene is also the 2,786,762nd most commonly used given name in the world, borne by 16 people.

The last name Akpokene is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 66 people, or 1 in 2,683,981. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Edo, where 39 percent reside, Delta, where 32 percent reside and Lagos, where 12 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Jamaica, where 9 percent reside and Ireland, where 1 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
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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 Akpokene
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