Eekiel Surname
Approximately 1,357 people bear this surname
Eekiel Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,355 | 1:130,733 | 8,501 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Eekiel (2,051) may also be a first name.
Eekiel Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eekiel Come From? nationality or country of origin
Eekiel is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Eekiel? popularity and diffusion
It is the 283,789th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 5,370,336 people. Eekiel is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Eekiel reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 100 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Eekiel is also the 166,540th most frequently used first name at a global level, held by 2,051 people.
The surname Eekiel is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,355 people, or 1 in 130,733. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Akwa Ibom, where 33 percent live, Kogi, where 10 percent live and Oyo, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 0 percent live and The United States, where 0 percent live.
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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 Eekiel
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