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 last name Eakan is found in Northern Ireland more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Eakan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 5,213,395th most prevalent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. Eakan occurs predominantly in Europe, where 64 percent of Eakan reside; 64 percent reside in Northern Europe and 64 percent reside in British Isles.
This last name is most frequently held in Northern Ireland, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 205,004. In Northern Ireland Eakan is mostly concentrated in: Ulster, where 100 percent reside. Barring Northern Ireland this last name exists 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 prevalency of Eakan has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Eakan surname increased 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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