Eakan Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Eakan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Ireland | 9 | 1:205,004 | 9,958 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Eakan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eakan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Eakan is more commonly found in Northern Ireland than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Eakan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Eakan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,213,395th most commonly occurring family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The surname Eakan is primarily found in Europe, where 64 percent of Eakan live; 64 percent live in Northern Europe and 64 percent live in British Isles.
This surname is most widespread in Northern Ireland, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 205,004. In Northern Ireland it is mostly found in: Ulster, where 100 percent reside. Apart from Northern Ireland this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent reside and Nigeria, where 7 percent reside.
Eakan Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Eakan has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname expanded 400 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Eakan
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