Echeng Surname
Approximately 1,651 people bear this surname
Echeng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,621 | 1:109,280 | 7,295 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Malaysia | 10 | 1:2,949,422 | 111,742 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Echeng (423) may also be a first name.
Echeng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Echeng Come From? nationality or country of origin
Echeng occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Echeng? popularity and diffusion
Echeng is the 241,884th most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 4,414,019 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Echeng are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 417,739th most widely held first name internationally, held by 423 people.
The surname Echeng is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,621 people, or 1 in 109,280. In Nigeria Echeng is mostly concentrated in: Cross River, where 85 percent reside, Lagos, where 4 percent reside and Jigawa, where 3 percent reside. Other than Nigeria it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 1 percent reside and Malaysia, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Echeng
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