Echerem Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Echerem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Echerem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria81:22,142,845310,552
England11:55,718,059489,080

Echerem (39) may also be a first name.

Echerem Last Name Facts

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

The surname Echerem is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Echerem? popularity and diffusion

Echerem is the 6,360,413th most frequently held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Echerem are found; 89 percent are found in West Africa and 89 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most prevalent given name worldwide, held by 39 people.

The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 22,142,845. In Nigeria Echerem is primarily found in: Rivers, where 63 percent reside, Lagos, where 25 percent reside and Abia, where 13 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in England, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Echereme9327/
Ihecherem882/
Icherem8625/
Ocherem862/
Ecerrem861/
Acherem861/
Echerim861/
Echesrim801/
Ezerem7753/
Ekerem7712/
Eqerem770/
Ekehierem754/
Etcherren754/
Ihicherem751/
Hekerem71140/
Icheren7165/
Ekereme7136/
Yegerem7136/
Achirem7123/
Eachern7113/
Eichern712/
Ezeirem711/
Icherim711/
Gechern710/
Echerina672/
Iseheren671/
Etcherin671/
Ischerne671/
Eichhern671/
Eichgern670/
Hetchern670/

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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 Echerem
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