Amakeke Surname
Approximately 174 people bear this surname
Amakeke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 152 | 1:1,165,413 | 47,471 |
| Cameroon | 22 | 1:944,049 | 61,779 |
Amakeke (11) may also be a first name.
Amakeke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amakeke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Amakeke occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amakeke? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,300,225th most widely held family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 41,882,448 people. Amakeke is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Amakeke reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Amakeke is also the 3,487,849th most common given name internationally It is held by 11 people.
The surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 152 people, or 1 in 1,165,413. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 95 percent live, Kogi, where 3 percent live and Lagos, where 1 percent live. Outside of Nigeria it is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 13 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 Amakeke
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