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 in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Echeng click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Echeng? popularity and diffusion
The last name Echeng is the 241,884th most widely held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 4,414,019 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Echeng live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 417,739th most frequently held forename at a global level, borne by 423 people.
The last name Echeng is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,621 people, or 1 in 109,280. In Nigeria it is most common in: Cross River, where 85 percent reside, Lagos, where 4 percent reside and Jigawa, where 3 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common 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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