Ameke Surname
Approximately 2,899 people bear this surname
Ameke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Togo | 840 | 1:8,628 | 2,051 |
| Nigeria | 675 | 1:262,434 | 15,045 |
| Ghana | 416 | 1:64,954 | 6,785 |
| Uganda | 350 | 1:111,541 | 10,854 |
| Gabon | 253 | 1:7,467 | 1,394 |
| Papua New Guinea | 233 | 1:34,994 | 4,146 |
| Benin | 87 | 1:118,800 | 13,087 |
| Ivory Coast | 22 | 1:1,048,692 | 25,281 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
The alternate forms: Améké (1) are calculated separately.
Ameke (218) may also be a first name.
Ameke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ameke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ameke is carried by more people in Togo than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Améké. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ameke? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ameke is the 151,889th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 2,513,814 people. The last name Ameke occurs mostly in Africa, where 91 percent of Ameke live; 70 percent live in West Africa and 70 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ameke is also the 611,412th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 218 people.
The last name Ameke is most commonly used in Togo, where it is borne by 840 people, or 1 in 8,628. Excluding Togo this surname exists in 12 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 23 percent reside and Ghana, where 14 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
- 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 Ameke
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