Ectors Surname

1,434,893rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 150 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Ectors Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ectors Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1331:86,44113,498
France101:6,642,272293,169
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448

Ectors Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ectors is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ectors? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ectors is the 1,434,893rd most widespread last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 48,583,639 people. Ectors is primarily found in Europe, where 97 percent of Ectors reside; 96 percent reside in Western Europe and 63 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most widespread in Belgium, where it is borne by 133 people, or 1 in 86,441. In Belgium it is mostly found in: Flemish Region, where 70 percent live, Walloon Region, where 19 percent live and Brussels Capital Region, where 11 percent live. Excluding Belgium this surname exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in France, where 7 percent live and Brazil, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hectors92323/
Ectoros926/
Ectoras924/
Octors832/
Actors831/
Octores7788/
Ektoros7746/
Ektoras7724/
Octoris7722/
Actores771/
Actorys771/
Eqitors771/
Heckters7137/
Actories7110/
Actorous711/
Octris6721/
Actros679/
Egters674/
Hicktoors673/
Acktories671/
Egdors671/
Octers670/
Hacters622/
Hagtors621/
Hocters620/

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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 Ectors
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