Echofu Surname

1,994,173rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Echofu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Echofu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria871:2,036,12471,256
China11:1,367,321,56651,149

Echofu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Echofu is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Echofu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Echofu is the 1,994,173rd most frequently occurring surname in the world It is held by approximately 1 in 82,813,022 people. Echofu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Echofu live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 87 people, or 1 in 2,036,124. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Benue, where 34 percent live, Kogi, where 32 percent live and Kaduna, where 9 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also common in China, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Echefu832,474/
Ichofu8376/
Ochofu8361/
Echeefu773/
Euchefu772/
Echefou771/
Ejofu734/
Esofu732/
Ichoufou719/
Ochefu67912/
Achafu6746/
Achefu6727/
Ishofu678/
Ichefu671/
Ochafu671/
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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 Echofu
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