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 last name Echong is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Echong.
How Common Is The Last Name Echong? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,727,723rd most commonly used surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 65,067,374 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Echong reside; 73 percent reside in Central Africa and 73 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,637,361st most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 39 people.
The last name Echong is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is carried by 82 people, or 1 in 253,281. In Cameroon it is most frequent in: Northwest Region, where 52 percent reside, Southwest Region, where 45 percent reside and Centre Region, where 1 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 21 percent reside and Uganda, where 4 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 Echong
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