Akume Surname
Approximately 6,533 people bear this surname
Akume Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5,763 | 1:30,738 | 2,572 |
| Cameroon | 656 | 1:31,660 | 4,260 |
| Uganda | 37 | 1:1,055,116 | 44,846 |
| Indonesia | 22 | 1:6,011,327 | 267,290 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Akume (2,349) may also be a first name.
Akume Demographics
Akume Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Akume Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akume Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akume is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akume? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 75,172nd most numerous family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,115,498 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Akume are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akume is also the 153,417th most common given name globally It is held by 2,349 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5,763 people, or 1 in 30,738. In Nigeria Akume is most numerous in: Benue, where 77 percent live, Delta, where 5 percent live and Anambra, where 2 percent live. Apart from Nigeria it occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 10 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Akume Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (99%) in Nigeria.
Akume earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 73.6% less than the national average, earning $11,393 USD per year.
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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 Akume
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