Akwere Surname
Approximately 104 people bear this surname
Akwere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 79 | 1:2,242,313 | 76,227 |
| Uganda | 19 | 1:2,054,699 | 65,771 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
Akwere (31) may also be a first name.
Akwere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Akwere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Akwere is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Akwere? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,806,862nd most widespread surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 70,072,557 people. Akwere is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Akwere live; 76 percent live in West Africa and 76 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,874,099th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 31 people.
This last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 79 people, or 1 in 2,242,313. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Akwa Ibom, where 63 percent live, Cross River, where 14 percent live and Bayelsa, where 9 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 18 percent live and Cameroon, where 3 percent live.
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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 Akwere
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