Akure Surname
Approximately 4,870 people bear this surname
Akure Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,804 | 1:98,194 | 6,704 |
| Uganda | 1,227 | 1:31,817 | 4,288 |
| Kenya | 1,083 | 1:42,641 | 4,443 |
| India | 432 | 1:1,775,614 | 63,364 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Akure (308) may also be a first name.
Akure Demographics
Akure Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Akure Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akure Come From? nationality or country of origin
Akure (Arabic: اكوري, Hindi: अकुरॅ, Marathi: आकुरे, Oriya: ଅକୁେର) is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Akure? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 97,455th most frequently held last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,496,416 people. The last name Akure occurs predominantly in Africa, where 90 percent of Akure live; 47 percent live in East Africa and 43 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Akure is also the 501,377th most common forename at a global level. It is borne by 308 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,804 people, or 1 in 98,194. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Benue, where 50 percent reside, Kogi, where 10 percent reside and Delta, where 7 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 14 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 25 percent reside and Kenya, where 22 percent reside.
Akure Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Akure Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Akure in the Hindi language | ||
| अकुरॅ | akure | - |
| Akure in the Oriya language | ||
| ଅକୁେର | akuera | - |
| Akure in the Marathi language | ||
| आकुरे | akure | 47.62 |
| अकुरे | akure | 23.81 |
| नाकुरे | nakure | 9.52 |
| आकूरे | akure | 9.52 |
| आकुर | akura | 9.52 |
| Akure in the Arabic language | ||
| اكوري | akwry | - |
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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 Akure
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