Ebek Surname
Approximately 1,257 people bear this surname
Ebek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 800 | 1:221,428 | 13,065 |
| Uganda | 285 | 1:136,980 | 12,468 |
| Indonesia | 67 | 1:1,973,869 | 124,197 |
| Mauritania | 22 | 1:186,130 | 9,575 |
| Turkey | 19 | 1:4,095,864 | 99,768 |
| Czechia | 18 | 1:590,748 | 58,011 |
| Cameroon | 14 | 1:1,483,505 | 83,777 |
| Malaysia | 13 | 1:2,268,787 | 89,138 |
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Croatia | 3 | 1:1,409,535 | 70,997 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Ebek (131) may also be a first name.
Ebek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ebek Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ebek (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺑﻚ) is found most in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ebek.
How Common Is The Last Name Ebek? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ebek is the 302,077th most prevalent surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 5,797,570 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Ebek live; 65 percent live in West Africa and 64 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ebek is also the 811,108th most commonly occurring first name at a global level, held by 131 people.
The surname Ebek is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 800 people, or 1 in 221,428. In Nigeria Ebek is most prevalent in: Akwa Ibom, where 73 percent live, Cross River, where 17 percent live and Lagos, where 3 percent live. Aside from Nigeria this surname is found in 13 countries. It is also found in Uganda, where 23 percent live and Indonesia, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ebek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ebek in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺑﻚ | abk | 76.92 |
| ﺃﺑﻚ | abk | 15.38 |
| ﺑﻚ | bk | 7.69 |
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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 Ebek
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