Akre Surname
Approximately 10,259 people bear this surname
Akre Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 7,379 | 1:3,127 | 302 |
| India | 1,302 | 1:589,144 | 28,557 |
| United States | 881 | 1:411,418 | 35,798 |
| Norway | 193 | 1:26,644 | 3,622 |
| Canada | 174 | 1:211,756 | 20,505 |
| Nigeria | 172 | 1:1,029,900 | 43,269 |
| Iraq | 47 | 1:745,142 | 10,632 |
| Sweden | 32 | 1:307,711 | 21,451 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Brazil | 9 | 1:23,786,037 | 375,389 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 41 | 1:1,224,846 | 68,768 |
The alternate forms: Akré (36) are calculated separately.
Akre (3,078) may also be a first name.
Akre Demographics
Average Akre Salary in
United States
$46,951 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Akre Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akre Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akre (Arabic: اكري, Hindi: अक्रे, Marathi: आकरे) is more frequently found in The Ivory Coast than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Akré. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akre? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 50,080th most common family name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 710,356 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 20 percent of Akre live; 20 percent live in West Africa and 20 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 130,050th most widespread first name in the world, held by 3,078 people.
The surname Akre is most frequent in The Ivory Coast, where it is borne by 7,379 people, or 1 in 3,127. In The Ivory Coast Akre is mostly found in: Abidjan Autonomous District, where 73 percent live, Lagunes District, where 11 percent live and Comoé District, where 5 percent live. Other than The Ivory Coast this surname is found in 34 countries. It is also found in India, where 13 percent live and The United States, where 9 percent live.
Akre Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Akre has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Akre surname expanded 2,149 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Akre Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Akre last name are 2.67% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 50.56% being registered with the party.
The amount Akre earn in different countries varies notably. In Norway they earn 2.25% less than the national average, earning 338,306 kr per year; in United States they earn 8.81% more than the national average, earning $46,951 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.87% less than the national average, earning $46,268 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akre Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akre in the Marathi language | ||
| आकरे | akare | 91.89 |
| आके | ake | 3.38 |
| अकरे | akare | 2.03 |
| आकारे | akare | 0.68 |
| Akre in the Hindi language | ||
| अक्रे | akre | 33.33 |
| अकरे | akare | 33.33 |
| आकरे | akare | 33.33 |
| Akre in the Arabic language | ||
| اكري | akry | - |
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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 Akre
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