Ekawa Surname
Approximately 407 people bear this surname
Ekawa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 177 | 1:1,000,807 | 42,311 |
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| Cameroon | 23 | 1:903,003 | 60,285 |
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Brazil | 13 | 1:16,467,256 | 295,032 |
| Japan | 9 | 1:14,204,921 | 46,388 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ekawa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekawa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekawa is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 717,442nd most prevalent last name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 17,905,518 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 86 percent of Ekawa are found; 44 percent are found in West Africa and 43 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Ekawa is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 177 people, or 1 in 1,000,807. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Cross River, where 88 percent reside, Taraba, where 9 percent reside and Rivers, where 2 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 9 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 37 percent reside and Cameroon, where 6 percent reside.
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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 Ekawa
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