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 occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Alkamu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,478,479th most commonly occurring family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 50,961,860 people. The surname Alkamu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Alkamu are found; 96 percent are found in West Africa and 96 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,162,016th most numerous first name in the world It is held by 70 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 137 people, or 1 in 1,293,013. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Plateau, where 40 percent are found, Bauchi, where 37 percent are found and Kano, where 17 percent are found. Other than Nigeria Alkamu occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 3 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 1 percent are found.
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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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