Ekaniyere Surname

1,310,135th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 172 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ekaniyere Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ekaniyere Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1671:1,060,73544,297
South Africa41:13,544,426222,367
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Ekaniyere (143) may also be a first name.

Ekaniyere Last Name Facts

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

Ekaniyere has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekaniyere? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,310,135th most frequently used surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 42,369,453 people. The last name Ekaniyere occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ekaniyere live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 772,378th most widespread first name world-wide, borne by 143 people.

Ekaniyere is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 167 people, or 1 in 1,060,735. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Edo, where 63 percent live, Delta, where 26 percent live and Lagos, where 6 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria Ekaniyere is found in 2 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 2 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akaniyere8928/
Ekeniyere891/
Akaniyerre841/
Ekaneyer821/
Akaneyere784/
Ekaniyara781/
Ekanare753/
Ikaniyar7119/
Ekanayar713/
Ecaniyar711/
Ikanare631/
Ekonare631/
Ekonoure591/
Ikenejere5610/
Ikenajere563/
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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 Ekaniyere
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