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 more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Akume? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 75,172nd most frequent last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 1,115,498 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Akume live; 88 percent live in West Africa and 88 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 153,417th most commonly held forename worldwide, borne by 2,349 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 5,763 people, or 1 in 30,738. In Nigeria Akume is most common in: Benue, where 77 percent are found, Delta, where 5 percent are found and Anambra, where 2 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 14 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 10 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 percent are found.
Akume Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Akume last name is chiefly 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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