Amekene Surname
Approximately 64 people bear this surname
Amekene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 63 | 1:2,811,790 | 89,258 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Amekene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Amekene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Amekene is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Amekene? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,394,033rd most prevalent family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 113,867,905 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Amekene reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 63 people, or 1 in 2,811,790. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Bayelsa, where 98 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aimekene | 93 | 6 | / |
| Emekene | 86 | 271 | / |
| Amakene | 86 | 13 | / |
| Amekeni | 86 | 1 | / |
| Omekenge | 80 | 401 | / |
| Ameskine | 80 | 4 | / |
| Emeakene | 80 | 3 | / |
| Amekhena | 80 | 1 | / |
| Amekhane | 80 | 1 | / |
| Aimekhena | 75 | 1 | / |
| Amokhoene | 75 | 1 | / |
| Hamoikene | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ameijkane | 75 | 1 | / |
| Amakane | 71 | 455 | / |
| Amekhin | 71 | 19 | / |
| Omecene | 71 | 13 | / |
| Amekhyn | 71 | 8 | / |
| Amakine | 71 | 6 | / |
| Amekony | 71 | 3 | / |
| Amokane | 71 | 3 | / |
| Amekini | 71 | 2 | / |
| Amokeni | 71 | 2 | / |
| Emekeni | 71 | 2 | / |
| Emekine | 71 | 1 | / |
| Emikene | 71 | 1 | / |
| Emekane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Omekean | 71 | 1 | / |
| Amekhina | 67 | 68 | / |
| Amekhyna | 67 | 13 | / |
| Omekenyi | 67 | 9 | / |
| Hamikane | 67 | 2 | / |
| Emekeani | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amekinyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amakkane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amaikeni | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amaikane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amikenyi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Amiekoni | 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
- 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 Amekene
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