Akre

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Akre is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Côte d’Ivoire than in any other country. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Norwegian Akre.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 559K(measured from records)
  • CICôte d’Ivoire≈1 in 3.9K
  • NONorway1 in 11K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Côte d’Ivoire (inferred from the name graph)

≈7,000 people, est.

Sources
194 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.9K (inferred from the name graph)

Côte d’Ivoire, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Borrowed from Norwegian Akre.

Sources 1

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Akre counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Akre is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CI Côte d’Ivoire≈7,000 est.≈1 in 3.9K2.5K—1
IQ Iraq≈770 est.≈1 in 51K—Akre2
US United States5951 in 559K595Akre194
DZ Algeria≈550 est.≈1 in 78K—Akre2
NO Norway4901 in 11K490Akre13
NZ New Zealand≈21 est.≈1 in 231K—Akre2

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; nomprenoms.ci — ranked Ivorian surname frequencies; SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Akre is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Côte d’Ivoire, United States, Norway

    Also written Akré, Ãkrę, Àkré, Aqrah

  • French (Côte d’Ivoire) surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Côte d’Ivoire

    Also written Akré

  • Hindi surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom

    Languages: Hindi, Urdu

    Also written Akrê, Åkre

  • English surname24 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Norway, United Kingdom, Sweden

    Languages: English, Norwegian, Swedish

    Also written Aakre, Åkre, Akré

  • Spanish surname7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Akré, Åkre, Âkrê

  • Bangla surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom, Iraq

    Also written Akrê

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Åkre, Akré

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Akre is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In aau, to win, overtake, take the lead.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Filipino, acre (unit of surface area)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Esperanto, harshly, sharply

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latvian, upe Dienvidamerikā (Acre, Rio), augštecē Peru un Bolīvijas robežupe, nelielā posmā arī Bolīvijas un Brazīlijas robežupe, vidustece un lejtece Brazīlijā, kur saucas Akri, Purusas kreisā krasta pieteka

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Basque, Acre, áspero. Lurraren egarri zauritua / tortika galdak arrakalatua. [...] // Aide gorriaren azpian / akre ta zimur, legor / urre desurretu / buztindua . Azurm HitzB 68.

    as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Karl Akre, b. 1840Ottar E. Akre, b. 1896Helge Akre, b. 1903Roger D. Akre, b. 1937Carrie Akre, b. 1966Hilde Akre, b. 1986

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 16 sources across 9 countries.

Official registers attesting Akre
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
CI Côte d’Ivoirenomprenoms.ci — ranked Ivorian surname frequencies—2.5K#228
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010595#37,442
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020576#40,855
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000541#38,464
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—386#3,773
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Akre mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Norwegian Akre. Recorded by Wiktionary.
In which country does Akre have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 7.0 thousand people named Akre in Côte d’Ivoire, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Akre?
In the United States, the national register counted 595 people named Akre in 2010, about 1 in 559 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Akre”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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