Echakan Surname

374,335th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 957 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Echakan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Echakan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya9521:48,5084,964
Sudan41:9,377,5498,207
South Sudan11:11,415,0763,182

Echakan (246) may also be a first name.

Echakan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Echakan Come From? nationality or country of origin

Echakan is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Echakan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 374,335th most frequent family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 7,614,991 people. Echakan is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Echakan live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 569,299th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 246 people.

The last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 952 people, or 1 in 48,508. In Kenya Echakan is primarily concentrated in: Turkana County, where 96 percent live, Kakamega County, where 1 percent live and Laikipia County, where 1 percent live. Aside from Kenya it exists in 2 countries. It is also found in Sudan, where 0 percent live and South Sudan, where 0 percent live.

Echakan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Echakan
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