Ekanan Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ekanan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ekanan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria251:7,085,710162,099
India71:109,580,769786,157
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

Ekanan (209) may also be a first name.

Ekanan Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ekanan Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ekanan (Hindi: एकानन, Oriya: ଏକାନନ) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekanan? popularity and diffusion

Ekanan is the 3,228,735th most frequent surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 70 percent of Ekanan reside; 70 percent reside in West Africa and 68 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 625,736th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 209 people.

The last name Ekanan is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 25 people, or 1 in 7,085,710. In Nigeria Ekanan is most prevalent in: Akwa Ibom, where 80 percent are found, Rivers, where 12 percent are found and Delta, where 4 percent are found. Beside Nigeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 19 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.

Ekanan Last Name Statistics demography

Ekanan earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 11.53% more than the national average, earning $48,125 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Ekanan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ekanan in the Hindi language
एकाननekanana-
Ekanan in the Oriya language
ଏକାନନekanana-

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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 Ekanan
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