Echeka Surname
Approximately 137 people bear this surname
Echeka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 117 | 1:1,514,041 | 57,594 |
| Cameroon | 16 | 1:1,298,067 | 76,941 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Echeka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Echeka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Echeka has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Echeka.
How Common Is The Last Name Echeka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,518,885th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 53,193,766 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Echeka are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name Echeka is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 117 people, or 1 in 1,514,041. In Nigeria Echeka is most common in: Abia, where 39 percent live, Edo, where 26 percent live and Lagos, where 21 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 12 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
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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 Echeka
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