Areko Surname
Approximately 104 people bear this surname
Areko Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 44 | 1:234,900 | 21,145 |
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Nigeria | 13 | 1:13,626,366 | 237,812 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Areko (30) may also be a first name.
Areko Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Areko Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Areko occurs in Benin more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Areko.
How Common Is The Last Name Areko? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,806,862nd most widespread family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 70,072,557 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Areko reside; 55 percent reside in West Africa and 55 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Areko is also the 1,911,214th most widely held given name on earth. It is borne by 30 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Benin, where it is held by 44 people, or 1 in 234,900. In Benin Areko is most prevalent in: Plateau Department, where 98 percent are found and Zou Department, where 2 percent are found. Other than Benin it is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 24 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 16 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 Areko
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