Ekang Surname
Approximately 2,731 people bear this surname
Ekang Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 863 | 1:24,066 | 3,257 |
| Nigeria | 811 | 1:218,425 | 12,932 |
| Gabon | 758 | 1:2,492 | 431 |
| Thailand | 139 | 1:508,190 | 88,691 |
| Malaysia | 46 | 1:641,179 | 30,740 |
| Philippines | 33 | 1:3,067,825 | 142,207 |
| Indonesia | 23 | 1:5,749,965 | 259,967 |
| Uganda | 22 | 1:1,774,513 | 60,490 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | 1:627,209 | 74,307 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Ekang (303) may also be a first name.
Ekang Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekang Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekang is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekang? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ekang is the 159,743rd most commonly used family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,668,453 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Ekang are found; 59 percent are found in Central Africa and 58 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Ekang is also the 505,965th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 303 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 863 people, or 1 in 24,066. In Cameroon it is primarily found in: Southwest Region, where 44 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 35 percent reside and Centre Region, where 8 percent reside. Barring Cameroon this last name is found in 23 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 30 percent reside and Gabon, where 28 percent reside.
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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 Ekang
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