Ekassi Surname
Approximately 2,775 people bear this surname
Ekassi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 2,751 | 1:7,550 | 948 |
| France | 21 | 1:3,162,987 | 209,042 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ekassi (222) may also be a first name.
Ekassi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekassi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekassi is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ekassi.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekassi? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 157,600th most frequently occurring last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,626,143 people. The surname Ekassi occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ekassi are found; 99 percent are found in Central Africa and 99 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Ekassi is also the 605,116th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 222 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Cameroon, where it is held by 2,751 people, or 1 in 7,550. In Cameroon it is primarily concentrated in: Centre Region, where 91 percent live, Littoral Region, where 5 percent live and South Region, where 2 percent live. Beside Cameroon it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in France, where 1 percent live and Iceland, where 0 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 Ekassi
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