Akpuru Surname
Approximately 757 people bear this surname
Akpuru Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 749 | 1:236,506 | 13,772 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Akpuru (60) may also be a first name.
Akpuru Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akpuru Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akpuru occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akpuru? popularity and diffusion
Akpuru is the 449,465th most frequently occurring surname globally, held by around 1 in 9,626,877 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Akpuru reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akpuru is also the 1,270,172nd most frequent given name throughout the world It is held by 60 people.
The last name Akpuru is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 749 people, or 1 in 236,506. In Nigeria Akpuru is most numerous in: Ebonyi, where 51 percent are found, Lagos, where 9 percent are found and Enugu, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Akpuru occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in England, where 1 percent are found and South Africa, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Akpuru
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