Echaka Surname
Approximately 102 people bear this surname
Echaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 57 | 1:364,370 | 32,302 |
| Nigeria | 24 | 1:7,380,948 | 165,663 |
| Uganda | 16 | 1:2,439,955 | 72,451 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
Echaka (75) may also be a first name.
Echaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Echaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Echaka (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺷﺎﻛﻪ) is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Echaka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,828,462nd most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 71,446,529 people. The last name Echaka is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Echaka reside; 56 percent reside in Central Africa and 56 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,116,575th most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 75 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 57 people, or 1 in 364,370. In Cameroon it is most prevalent in: Southwest Region, where 95 percent live and Northwest Region, where 5 percent live. Not including Cameroon Echaka occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 24 percent live and Uganda, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Echaka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Echaka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺷﺎﻛﻪ | ashakh | - |
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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
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- 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 Echaka
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