Ekale Surname
Approximately 3,462 people bear this surname
Ekale Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,218 | 1:20,821 | 2,398 |
| Cameroon | 743 | 1:27,953 | 3,796 |
| India | 277 | 1:2,769,189 | 85,362 |
| Papua New Guinea | 178 | 1:45,807 | 5,667 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 1:1,527,046 | 51,993 |
| Niger | 5 | 1:3,838,403 | 64,195 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1:283,918 | 487 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
Ekale (236) may also be a first name.
Ekale Demographics
Ekale Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ekale Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekale Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekale (Marathi: ेकाळे, Russian: Экале) is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ekale.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekale? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 130,665th most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 2,105,010 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Ekale are found; 64 percent are found in East Africa and 49 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 583,008th most widespread forename in the world, held by 236 people.
It is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is borne by 2,218 people, or 1 in 20,821. In Kenya Ekale is most numerous in: Turkana County, where 62 percent live, Samburu County, where 15 percent live and Isiolo County, where 9 percent live. Besides Kenya this surname occurs in 18 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 21 percent live and India, where 8 percent live.
Ekale Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Ekale last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ekale Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ekale in the Marathi language | ||
| ेकाळे | ekale | 64.8 |
| एकाळे | ekale | 16.76 |
| एकले | ekale | 5.03 |
| इकाळे | ikale | 2.79 |
| अेकाळे | aekale | 1.68 |
| ेकाले | ekale | 1.12 |
| एकाले | ekale | 1.12 |
| ऐकाळे | aikale | 0.56 |
| ऐकले | aikale | 0.56 |
| ेेकाळे | eekale | 0.56 |
| काळे | kale | 0.56 |
| Ekale in the Russian language | ||
| Экале | ekale | - |
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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 Ekale
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