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
The last name Ekang is most common in Cameroon. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekang? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 159,743rd most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 2,668,453 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Ekang reside; 59 percent reside in Central Africa and 58 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 505,965th most frequently held forename at a global level, held by 303 people.
Ekang is most numerous in Cameroon, where it is carried by 863 people, or 1 in 24,066. In Cameroon Ekang is primarily found in: Southwest Region, where 44 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 35 percent are found and Centre Region, where 8 percent are found. Apart from Cameroon Ekang is found in 23 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 30 percent are found and Gabon, where 28 percent are found.
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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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