Echen Surname
Approximately 96 people bear this surname
Echen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 28 | 1:6,326,527 | 151,186 |
| Argentina | 24 | 1:1,780,976 | 92,783 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1:4,688,949 | 27,695 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Echen (97) may also be a first name.
Echen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Echen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Echen (Hindi: ेचेन, Russian: Ечень) occurs most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Echen? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,894,523rd most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 75,911,937 people. Echen occurs mostly in Africa, where 52 percent of Echen reside; 42 percent reside in West Africa and 29 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Echen is also the 962,660th most commonly used forename on earth, borne by 97 people.
This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 28 people, or 1 in 6,326,527. In Nigeria Echen is mostly found in: Cross River, where 39 percent reside, Nasarawa, where 25 percent reside and Ebonyi, where 14 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Argentina, where 25 percent reside and Niger, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Echen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Echen in the Hindi language | ||
| ेचेन | ecena | - |
| Echen in the Russian language | ||
| Ечень | ecen | - |
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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 Echen
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