Ekal Surname
Approximately 10,598 people bear this surname
Ekal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 9,849 | 1:4,689 | 671 |
| India | 318 | 1:2,412,155 | 77,882 |
| Turkey | 267 | 1:291,466 | 19,252 |
| Cameroon | 48 | 1:432,689 | 36,488 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| Afghanistan | 14 | 1:2,296,656 | 15,575 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Taiwan | 4 | 1:5,861,186 | 33,577 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 5 | 1:10,043,737 | 422,899 |
Ekal (3,194) may also be a first name.
Ekal Demographics
Ekal Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ekal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekal (Arabic: عكيل, Hindi: एकल, Marathi: एकल, Oriya: ଏକଲ, Russian: Екал) is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekal? popularity and diffusion
Ekal is the 48,628th most widespread family name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 687,634 people. Ekal is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Ekal reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 90 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 127,092nd most widespread first name worldwide It is held by 3,194 people.
The surname Ekal is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is borne by 9,849 people, or 1 in 4,689. In Kenya it is most frequent in: Turkana County, where 94 percent live, Trans Nzoia County, where 2 percent live and Samburu County, where 2 percent live. Other than Kenya this surname exists in 28 countries. It also occurs in India, where 3 percent live and Turkey, where 3 percent live.
Ekal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Ekal has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Ekal last name rose 260 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Ekal Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Ekal surname is principally Christian (99%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ekal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ekal in the Oriya language | ||
| ଏକଲ | ekala | - |
| Ekal in the Hindi language | ||
| एकल | ekala | 96.3 |
| ेकल | ekala | 3.7 |
| Ekal in the Marathi language | ||
| एकल | ekala | 76.77 |
| एकळ | ekala | 12.9 |
| एकाळ | ekala | 8.39 |
| एकाल | ekala | 0.65 |
| Ekal in the Russian language | ||
| Екал | ekal | - |
| Ekal in the Arabic language | ||
| عكيل | kyl | - |
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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 Ekal
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