Ekav Surname

7,593,402nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 6 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Thailand

Ekav Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ekav Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
Thailand21:35,319,172966,191

Ekav (7) may also be a first name.

Ekav Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ekav (Hindi: एकाव, Russian: Екав) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekav? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ekav is the 7,593,402nd most frequent surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,214,590,986 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Ekav are found; 67 percent are found in South Asia and 67 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. Ekav is also the 4,548,448th most frequently used first name in the world. It is borne by 7 people.

The surname is most numerous in India, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 191,766,346. In India Ekav is primarily found in: Tamil Nadu, where 75 percent live and Bihar, where 25 percent live. Aside from India this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Thailand, where 33 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekaev89100/
Jekav8958/
Ekhav893/
Ekaiv891/
Ekhaev80227/
Jekkav801/
Aekaev801/
Akav75761/
Ekov75186/
Ekaw7588/
Okav7564/
Ekaf7526/
Ecav7517/
Ikav7515/
Eqav751/
Ykav751/
Ekev751/
Akaev6714,451/
Ikaev671,203/
Ekowa67403/
Gekov67376/
Eskaf67231/
Jekov67152/
Hekov67140/
Ekova67112/
Okaev67111/
Ekeev67110/
Ekhov67110/
Edkov6790/
Ykaev6742/
Etkov6736/
Eykov6723/
Eikov6723/
Ekafe6720/
Akaav6710/
Akcav678/
Yekov677/
Egkaw677/
Ekouv675/
Ikaav674/
Ezkov674/
Akhav674/
Ekhaw674/
Ekaff673/
Eskaw672/
Oekov672/
Akaiv672/
Jekaf672/
Ekaph672/
Ejkov672/
Hikav671/
Eqavh671/
Ekkov671/
Ekoev671/
Ekkaw671/
Okhav671/
Ekauw671/
Eykaf671/
Ekkaf671/
Ekabh671/
Hekev671/
Gekaf671/
Ehkaf671/

Ekav Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ekav in the Hindi language
एकावekava-
Ekav in the Russian language
Екавekav-

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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
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  • 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 Ekav
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