Ekanim Surname
Approximately 226 people bear this surname
Ekanim Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 225 | 1:787,301 | 35,295 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ekanim (118) may also be a first name.
Ekanim Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekanim Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekanim is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekanim? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,088,856th most prevalent last name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 32,245,778 people. The last name Ekanim occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekanim are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 859,937th most frequent first name at a global level, held by 118 people.
The surname Ekanim is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 225 people, or 1 in 787,301. In Nigeria Ekanim is most numerous in: Akwa Ibom, where 76 percent live, Cross River, where 9 percent live and Lagos, where 3 percent live. Barring Nigeria Ekanim is found in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekaniem | 92 | 10 | / |
| Hekanim | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ekeanim | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ekanem | 83 | 63,123 | / |
| Ekenim | 83 | 42 | / |
| Akanim | 83 | 17 | / |
| Okanim | 83 | 3 | / |
| Ikanim | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ekannem | 77 | 200 | / |
| Ekaneme | 77 | 80 | / |
| Ekaenem | 77 | 67 | / |
| Ekaanem | 77 | 27 | / |
| Ekaneam | 77 | 16 | / |
| Ekeanem | 77 | 11 | / |
| Akkanim | 77 | 9 | / |
| Ekainem | 77 | 8 | / |
| Ekkanem | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ekanemd | 77 | 4 | / |
| Gekanem | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ekaynem | 77 | 4 | / |
| Eukanem | 77 | 4 | / |
| Eakanem | 77 | 2 | / |
| Oekanem | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekanemt | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yekanem | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akhanim | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekaneem | 77 | 1 | / |
| Iekanem | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekenheim | 71 | 24 | / |
| Equanime | 71 | 17 | / |
| Ekhannem | 71 | 5 | / |
| Ekenem | 67 | 305 | / |
| Akanem | 67 | 186 | / |
| Ikanem | 67 | 47 | / |
| Okonim | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okanem | 67 | 2 | / |
| Yekounime | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ekanim
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