Echong Surname
Approximately 112 people bear this surname
Echong Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 82 | 1:253,281 | 24,740 |
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Echong (39) may also be a first name.
Echong Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Echong Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Echong occurs more in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Echong? popularity and diffusion
The last name Echong is the 1,727,723rd most numerous last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 65,067,374 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Echong are found; 73 percent are found in Central Africa and 73 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most numerous forename world-wide, borne by 39 people.
The last name Echong is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 253,281. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Northwest Region, where 52 percent live, Southwest Region, where 45 percent live and Centre Region, where 1 percent live. Barring Cameroon it is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 21 percent live and Uganda, where 4 percent live.
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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 Echong
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