Egbekayi Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Wales

Egbekayi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Egbekayi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Wales11:3,094,53244,023

Egbekayi Last Name Facts

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

Egbekayi is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Egbekayi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Egbekayi is the 5,587,209th most frequently used last name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Egbekayi live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Egbekayi is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria Egbekayi is primarily concentrated in: Rivers, where 91 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 9 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it exists in one country. It is also common in Wales, where 8 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Egbekai9331/
Egbekoyi8811/
Igbekoyi751,179/
Igbekhai7540/
Egbekoya758/
Agbekoyi754/
Egbokoyi752/
Aigbekai751/
Aigbekhai71125/
Igbekahai712/
Igbekoyie711/
Agbekey67764/
Egbekou67213/
Igbekea6754/
Igbekoy677/
Aigbekahai672/
Agbekau671/
Egbokei671/
Ogbekea671/
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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 Egbekayi
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