Ekabe Surname
Approximately 826 people bear this surname
Ekabe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 553 | 1:37,557 | 5,024 |
| Papua New Guinea | 124 | 1:65,756 | 8,577 |
| Nigeria | 100 | 1:1,771,428 | 64,453 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Congo | 18 | 1:277,172 | 8,776 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ekabe (134) may also be a first name.
Ekabe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekabe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekabe (Russian: Екабе) is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekabe? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 420,074th most widespread surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 8,822,695 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 84 percent of Ekabe reside; 72 percent reside in Central Africa and 72 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. Ekabe is also the 800,975th most frequent forename at a global level, borne by 134 people.
This surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is borne by 553 people, or 1 in 37,557. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Southwest Region, where 48 percent are found, South Region, where 41 percent are found and Centre Region, where 6 percent are found. Outside of Cameroon Ekabe occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 15 percent are found and Nigeria, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ekabe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ekabe in the Russian language | ||
| Екабе | ekabe | - |
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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 Ekabe
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