Alkamu Surname
Approximately 143 people bear this surname
Alkamu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 137 | 1:1,293,013 | 51,317 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Alkamu (70) may also be a first name.
Alkamu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alkamu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Alkamu is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Alkamu click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Alkamu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,478,479th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Alkamu live; 96 percent live in West Africa and 96 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,162,016th most commonly held first name globally It is held by 70 people.
The last name Alkamu is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 137 people, or 1 in 1,293,013. In Nigeria Alkamu is most frequent in: Plateau, where 40 percent reside, Bauchi, where 37 percent reside and Kano, where 17 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 3 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside.
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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
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- 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 Alkamu
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