Akwer Surname
Approximately 77 people bear this surname
Akwer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 65 | 1:2,725,273 | 87,396 |
| South Sudan | 9 | 1:1,268,342 | 1,210 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
Akwer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akwer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Akwer is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Akwer? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,152,526th most widespread surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 94,643,453 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Akwer are found; 84 percent are found in West Africa and 84 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 65 people, or 1 in 2,725,273. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 95 percent reside and Rivers, where 5 percent reside. Besides Nigeria Akwer occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in South Sudan, where 12 percent reside and Uganda, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akwere | 91 | 104 | / |
| Akhwer | 91 | 6 | / |
| Akwerh | 91 | 4 | / |
| Akwier | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ankwer | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ackwerh | 83 | 1,466 | / |
| Eakwere | 83 | 4 | / |
| Aikwere | 83 | 1 | / |
| Akweire | 83 | 1 | / |
| Akhweir | 83 | 1 | / |
| Okwer | 80 | 1,836 | / |
| Akwir | 80 | 1,835 | / |
| Agwer | 80 | 609 | / |
| Ekwer | 80 | 52 | / |
| Acwer | 80 | 4 | / |
| Akuer | 80 | 4 | / |
| Akwre | 80 | 2 | / |
| Akweirhe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akwehere | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okwere | 73 | 594 | / |
| Agwere | 73 | 440 | / |
| Akhwir | 73 | 52 | / |
| Akwire | 73 | 5 | / |
| Okwier | 73 | 3 | / |
| Akwair | 73 | 3 | / |
| Akuere | 73 | 2 | / |
| Okweir | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eikwer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Gagwer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Agwuer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akuher | 73 | 1 | / |
| Aggwer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Agwear | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekwear | 73 | 1 | / |
| Anqwer | 73 | 1 | / |
| Askwir | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okwear | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akwaheire | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akouere | 67 | 14 | / |
| Okweere | 67 | 11 | / |
| Akhwirh | 67 | 8 | / |
| Okwerre | 67 | 6 | / |
| Agweere | 67 | 4 | / |
| Okwuere | 67 | 4 | / |
| Okhwere | 67 | 3 | / |
| Akwaire | 67 | 2 | / |
| Agwuere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Agwhere | 67 | 1 | / |
| Gagwear | 67 | 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
- 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 Akwer
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