Ekandja Surname

1,980,395th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 89 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Ekandja Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ekandja Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo681:1,086,46468,260
Cameroon201:1,038,45365,513
Congo11:4,989,09634,171

Ekandja Last Name Facts

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

The last name Ekandja is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Ekandja click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekandja? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ekandja is the 1,980,395th most commonly occurring last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekandja live; 100 percent live in Central Africa and 78 percent live in Central Bantu Africa.

The last name is most commonly held in The DR Congo, where it is held by 68 people, or 1 in 1,086,464. Aside from The DR Congo this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 22 percent are found and The Congo, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekanja921/
Ekandjo864,549/
Okandja86157/
Akandja8691/
Ekandje8681/
Ekandji8662/
Ekondja8649/
Ikandja8641/
Ekandia861/
Hekandjo80860/
Ekasinja801/
Hekandji801/
Ekanza771,120/
Ekanjo7725/
Ekanca774/
Ekansa772/
Ikanja771/
Okahandja75135/
Aekhandia751/
Okandjo71959/
Akandjo71327/
Ekondjo71187/
Ekondji71157/
Akondja7182/
Ikondja7154/
Okondja7149/
Ekandyo716/
Ikandji716/
Ikandjo716/
Eskanjo715/
Ekhansa714/
Ekannjo711/
Ecandia711/
Ikandya711/
Ekansia711/
Iikondja67117/
Ekainjoh6732/
Ekainsai6711/
Akandjou676/
Akandiha674/
Okoundja674/
Izkandia673/
Eikansas673/
Akoundja672/
Ikandjou671/
Hekangia671/
Gikandji671/
Escandia671/
Eucandia671/

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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 Ekandja
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