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 more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alkamu? popularity and diffusion
The last name Alkamu is the 1,478,479th most frequently occurring family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 50,961,860 people. The last name is mostly found 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 widely held first name globally, borne by 70 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 137 people, or 1 in 1,293,013. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Plateau, where 40 percent live, Bauchi, where 37 percent live and Kano, where 17 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Alkamu occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 3 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 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 Alkamu
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