Ecksteen Surname

2,808,717th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 48 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
Swaziland

Ecksteen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ecksteen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa371:1,464,26276,407
United States101:36,245,893832,629
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Ecksteen Last Name Facts

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

Ecksteen is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ecksteen? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,808,717th most commonly occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. The surname Ecksteen is predominantly found in Africa, where 79 percent of Ecksteen reside; 79 percent reside in Southern Africa and 79 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.

The last name is most widely held in South Africa, where it is held by 37 people, or 1 in 1,464,262. In South Africa it is most frequent in: Western Cape, where 86 percent are found, Gauteng, where 8 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 3 percent are found. Without taking into account South Africa this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 21 percent are found and Swaziland, where 2 percent are found.

Ecksteen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Ecksteen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ecksteen last name rose 125 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Ecksteen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ecksteen last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the party.

The amount Ecksteen earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 41.48% less than the national average, earning R 139,056 per year and in United States they earn 75.26% more than the national average, earning $75,625 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Ecksteen
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