Echai Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Echai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 60 | 1:346,151 | 31,109 |
| Malaysia | 24 | 1:1,228,926 | 53,021 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Echai (71) may also be a first name.
Echai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Echai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Echai is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Echai? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,980,395th most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 81,882,538 people. The last name Echai is primarily found in Africa, where 72 percent of Echai reside; 67 percent reside in Central Africa and 67 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,152,838th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 71 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 60 people, or 1 in 346,151. In Cameroon Echai is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 67 percent are found, Southwest Region, where 28 percent are found and Centre Region, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Cameroon it is found in 5 countries. It is also common in Malaysia, where 27 percent are found and Uganda, where 2 percent are found.
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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 Echai
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