Eckelton Surname

2,075,631st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 82 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Eckelton Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Eckelton Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa791:685,79449,549
England21:27,859,030389,889
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

Eckelton Last Name Facts

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

The surname Eckelton is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Eckelton? popularity and diffusion

The surname Eckelton is the 2,075,631st most numerous family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 88,872,511 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Eckelton reside; 96 percent reside in Southern Africa and 96 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

This surname is most numerous in South Africa, where it is carried by 79 people, or 1 in 685,794. In South Africa Eckelton is most frequent in: Free State, where 43 percent live, Western Cape, where 38 percent live and North West, where 11 percent live. Beside South Africa this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in England, where 2 percent live and Ireland, where 1 percent live.

Eckelton Last Name Statistics demography

Eckelton earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 40.46% less than the national average, earning R 141,492 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ecklton935/
Ekelton934/
Ockelton8873/
Eckleton8831/
Ekkelton889/
Excelton880/
Hackelton82104/
Hickelton827/
Hockelton820/
Ecleton802/
Ekilton801/
Akelton801/
Eccleton7564/
Ockleton7557/
Ackleton7539/
Hackleton71213/
Hickleton71102/
Itkeltan631/
Akltan571/
Acıltan538/
Accleton5057/

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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 Eckelton
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