Eekma Surname
Approximately 175 people bear this surname
Eekma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 160 | 1:105,545 | 17,044 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Eekma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eekma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Eekma is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Eekma? popularity and diffusion
The surname Eekma is the 1,295,379th most frequently occurring family name globally, held by around 1 in 41,643,120 people. The last name is primarily found in Europe, where 93 percent of Eekma are found; 92 percent are found in Western Europe and 92 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
This last name is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is held by 160 people, or 1 in 105,545. In The Netherlands Eekma is most numerous in: Friesland, where 43 percent reside, Gelderland, where 14 percent reside and Overijssel, where 14 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 7 percent reside and Belgium, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eekema | 91 | 21 | / |
| Ekma | 89 | 371 | / |
| Hekma | 80 | 95 | / |
| Ekmah | 80 | 88 | / |
| Gekma | 80 | 66 | / |
| Ekmai | 80 | 13 | / |
| Ekmay | 80 | 12 | / |
| Ekmma | 80 | 9 | / |
| Eukma | 80 | 8 | / |
| Yekma | 80 | 4 | / |
| Eykma | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ekmad | 80 | 2 | / |
| Eckma | 80 | 1 | / |
| Eakma | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekmau | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekhma | 80 | 1 | / |
| Eikema | 73 | 227 | / |
| Hekmah | 73 | 126 | / |
| Heckma | 73 | 9 | / |
| Eakmas | 73 | 7 | / |
| Eskmai | 73 | 2 | / |
| Hoekma | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekmath | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eakema | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akma | 67 | 1,464 | / |
| Okma | 67 | 217 | / |
| Ikma | 67 | 69 | / |
| Heikema | 67 | 41 | / |
| Ekme | 67 | 40 | / |
| Ekmo | 67 | 29 | / |
| Ekmi | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ecma | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ykma | 67 | 2 | / |
| Hhekmat | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ekmahha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekhmass | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eckmach | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hehecma | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekhmais | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Eekma
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