Atekwe Surname
Approximately 24 people bear this surname
Atekwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 19 | 1:9,323,303 | 191,560 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
Atekwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Atekwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Atekwe is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Atekwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Atekwe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,034,050th most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Atekwe live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Atekwe is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 9,323,303. In Nigeria Atekwe is most numerous in: Plateau, where 74 percent live, Benue, where 21 percent live and Bayelsa, where 5 percent live. Not including Nigeria Atekwe is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 21 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ateikwe | 92 | 58 | / |
| Ataekwe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Atekwei | 92 | 1 | / |
| Atakwe | 83 | 58 | / |
| Etekwe | 83 | 39 | / |
| Atikwe | 83 | 17 | / |
| Otekwe | 83 | 16 | / |
| Atekwa | 83 | 3 | / |
| Atekwi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ategwe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Otiekwe | 77 | 52 | / |
| Oteikwe | 77 | 6 | / |
| Gatikwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ataegwe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ateqw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ategbe | 67 | 518 | / |
| Atigwe | 67 | 151 | / |
| Ategwa | 67 | 113 | / |
| Atogwe | 67 | 98 | / |
| Atagwe | 67 | 60 | / |
| Atikwa | 67 | 49 | / |
| Etokwe | 67 | 46 | / |
| Ateque | 67 | 32 | / |
| Etikwe | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ategue | 67 | 1 | / |
| Etegwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Otikwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Otokwe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Oteikw | 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 Atekwe
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