Amakene Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Amakene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Amakene (21) may also be a first name.
Amakene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amakene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amakene is held by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Amakene? popularity and diffusion
The surname Amakene is the 5,391,485th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Amakene live; 92 percent live in Central Africa and 92 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Amakene is also the 2,368,944th most commonly held first name worldwide It is held by 21 people.
The last name Amakene is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 12 people, or 1 in 1,730,756. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Littoral Region, where 83 percent reside, Centre Region, where 8 percent reside and South Region, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Cameroon Amakene exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amakane | 86 | 455 | / |
| Amekene | 86 | 64 | / |
| Amakine | 86 | 6 | / |
| Amakena | 86 | 3 | / |
| Omakenge | 80 | 34 | / |
| Aimekene | 80 | 6 | / |
| Emeakene | 80 | 3 | / |
| Amakenha | 80 | 2 | / |
| Amachene | 80 | 1 | / |
| Amakkane | 80 | 1 | / |
| Amaikeni | 80 | 1 | / |
| Amaikane | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hamakean | 80 | 1 | / |
| Amaskine | 80 | 1 | / |
| Asmakesen | 75 | 7 | / |
| Hamoikene | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hamachene | 75 | 1 | / |
| Amokhoene | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hamakeina | 75 | 1 | / |
| Emekene | 71 | 271 | / |
| Amakhin | 71 | 94 | / |
| Amakani | 71 | 11 | / |
| Amakhyn | 71 | 8 | / |
| Amokane | 71 | 3 | / |
| Amokeni | 71 | 2 | / |
| Amaceni | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amakoni | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amekeni | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amakini | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amakhina | 67 | 129 | / |
| Omokenge | 67 | 27 | / |
| Omakenyi | 67 | 25 | / |
| Amacoine | 67 | 13 | / |
| Amakhyna | 67 | 9 | / |
| Amaicone | 67 | 8 | / |
| Aymakhin | 67 | 5 | / |
| Hamakani | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hemakone | 67 | 2 | / |
| Amekhane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amakanyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amacinee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hamakhem | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amakaina | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amacoyne | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Amakene
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