Akpwe Surname
Approximately 140 people bear this surname
Akpwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 139 | 1:149,418 | 16,457 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Akpwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akpwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akpwe is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akpwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,497,948th most widespread family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 52,053,899 people. The last name Akpwe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Akpwe are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 56 percent are found in Adamawa-Ubangian Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is held by 139 people, or 1 in 149,418. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: East Region, where 74 percent are found, Centre Region, where 18 percent are found and South Region, where 6 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon it occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akpweh | 91 | 110 | / |
| Akpwei | 91 | 13 | / |
| Akpwet | 91 | 2 | / |
| Akpweu | 91 | 1 | / |
| Akpwea | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okpwe | 80 | 143 | / |
| Akpwa | 80 | 129 | / |
| Ekpwe | 80 | 13 | / |
| Akpue | 80 | 11 | / |
| Akbwe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ajkpw | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okppwe | 73 | 2 | / |
| Akpuie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akpuhe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eikpwe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akpuee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akpouhe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Aikpoue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Acpw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okpw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akpuehe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okpue | 60 | 364 | / |
| Akpui | 60 | 12 | / |
| Akbue | 60 | 1 | / |
| Akvve | 60 | 1 | / |
| Akhbue | 55 | 14 | / |
| Okpoue | 55 | 3 | / |
| Akbueh | 55 | 2 | / |
| Akpuha | 55 | 1 | / |
| Okpwoy | 55 | 1 | / |
| Okpuhe | 55 | 1 | / |
| Ekpwai | 55 | 1 | / |
| Ajkbwa | 55 | 1 | / |
| Okpwa'a | 50 | 9 | / |
| Ekpuhie | 50 | 1 | / |
| Akhbuea | 50 | 1 | / |
| Akpuaha | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Akpwe
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