Ekama Surname
Approximately 2,348 people bear this surname
Ekama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,345 | 1:131,705 | 8,546 |
| DR Congo | 308 | 1:239,869 | 23,092 |
| India | 269 | 1:2,851,544 | 87,023 |
| Tanzania | 161 | 1:328,830 | 24,745 |
| Congo | 113 | 1:44,151 | 4,164 |
| Cameroon | 53 | 1:391,869 | 33,952 |
| Papua New Guinea | 25 | 1:326,149 | 43,617 |
| Netherlands | 23 | 1:734,225 | 57,169 |
| Uganda | 14 | 1:2,788,520 | 78,087 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Belgium | 7 | 1:1,642,378 | 98,400 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
Ekama (3,480) may also be a first name.
Ekama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekama (Hindi: एकमा, Oriya: ଏକାମା) is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekama? popularity and diffusion
Ekama is the 181,314th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 3,103,725 people. The surname Ekama is mostly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Ekama reside; 57 percent reside in West Africa and 57 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekama is also the 120,452nd most frequent first name in the world, held by 3,480 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,345 people, or 1 in 131,705. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 55 percent reside, Cross River, where 13 percent reside and Edo, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 13 percent reside and India, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ekama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ekama in the Hindi language | ||
| एकमा | ekama | 93.33 |
| ेकम | ekama | 6.67 |
| Ekama in the Oriya language | ||
| ଏକାମା | ekama | 71.43 |
| ଏକମା | ekama | 14.29 |
| ଇକମା | ikama | 7.14 |
| ଏଂକାମା | enkama | 7.14 |
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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 Ekama
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