Ekanane Surname
Approximately 16 people bear this surname
Ekanane Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Ekanane Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekanane Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekanane is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekanane? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,908,606th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. It occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 94 percent of Ekanane live; 94 percent live in Oceania Islands and 94 percent live in Papuan Oceania.
It is most frequent in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 543,581. In Papua New Guinea it is primarily found in: Hela, where 100 percent live. Outside of Papua New Guinea this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in India, where 6 percent live.
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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 Ekanane
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