Ekah Surname
Approximately 3,782 people bear this surname
Ekah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 2,307 | 1:76,785 | 5,487 |
| Cameroon | 1,321 | 1:15,722 | 2,146 |
| Mauritania | 82 | 1:49,937 | 3,683 |
| United States | 28 | 1:12,944,962 | 483,512 |
| Indonesia | 13 | 1:10,173,015 | 372,576 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Ekah (745) may also be a first name.
Ekah Demographics
Average Ekah Salary in
United States
$46,259 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ekah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekah (Arabic: عكاه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﺎﻩ, Oriya: ଏକାଃ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ekah.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ekah is the 121,143rd most frequently occurring surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 1,926,903 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ekah reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 61 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekah is also the 301,287th most widely held first name throughout the world It is held by 745 people.
The last name is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 2,307 people, or 1 in 76,785. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Akwa Ibom, where 25 percent are found, Benue, where 17 percent are found and Delta, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 23 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 35 percent are found and Mauritania, where 2 percent are found.
Ekah Last Name Statistics demography
Ekah earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 7.21% more than the national average, earning $46,259 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ekah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ekah in the Oriya language | ||
| ଏକାଃ | ekah | - |
| Ekah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﺎﻩ | akah | 73.21 |
| ﺃﻛﺎﻩ | akah | 16.07 |
| ﺍﻟﻜﺎﻩ | alkah | 3.57 |
| ﺃﻛﺎ | aka | 1.79 |
| ﺍﻛﺎ | aka | 1.79 |
| ﻛﺎﻩ | kah | 1.79 |
| Ekah in the Arabic language | ||
| عكاه | kah | - |
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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 Ekah
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