Ekany Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Ekany Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 37 | 1:1,055,116 | 44,846 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
Ekany (11) may also be a first name.
Ekany Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekany Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekany is found in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekany? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,979,664th most widely held family name globally It is held by around 1 in 169,477,812 people. The last name Ekany occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ekany reside; 86 percent reside in East Africa and 84 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Ekany is also the 3,487,849th most common first name on earth, borne by 11 people.
This surname is most prevalent in Uganda, where it is borne by 37 people, or 1 in 1,055,116. In Uganda it is most common in: Apac District, where 35 percent live, Kole District, where 30 percent live and Lira District, where 30 percent live. Barring Uganda this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 7 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 5 percent live.
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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 Ekany
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