Athekame Surname

1,447,279th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 148 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Iceland

Athekame Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Athekame Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1311:1,352,23553,045
United States71:51,779,848968,877
England61:9,286,343223,652
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Athekame Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Athekame Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Athekame is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Athekame.

How Common Is The Last Name Athekame? popularity and diffusion

The last name Athekame is the 1,447,279th most frequently held last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 49,240,175 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Athekame live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The last name Athekame is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 131 people, or 1 in 1,352,235. In Nigeria it is most common in: Edo, where 44 percent live, Lagos, where 13 percent live and Delta, where 12 percent live. Apart from Nigeria Athekame occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.

Athekame Last Name Statistics demography

Athekame earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 13.16% less than the national average, earning $37,469 USD per year.

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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 Athekame
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