Ecowas Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Gambia

Ecowas Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ecowas Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Gambia11:1,923,4511,043

Ecowas Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ecowas occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ecowas? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,593,402nd most frequently used surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. The last name Ecowas is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ecowas reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 83 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria Ecowas is mostly found in: Niger, where 20 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It also occurs in The Gambia, where 17 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Escovas775/
Jcobas671/
Ecuvas671/
Ekobas671/
Echavas6222/
Escavas622/
Ekuobas621/
Ekuwase621/
Yodsawas5713/
Eikhawas571/
Escouvois5349/
Escavasse5310/
Escuihuas531/
Ekavas501/
Icobos501/
Ekevas501/

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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 Ecowas
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