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 surname Ekawa is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekawa? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ekawa is the 717,442nd most prevalent surname on earth It is held by around 1 in 17,905,518 people. The surname Ekawa 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.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne 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. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in 9 countries. It is also common 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
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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 Ekawa
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