Ekawe Surname
Approximately 30 people bear this surname
Ekawe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 20 | 1:407,686 | 53,132 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Ekawe (35) may also be a first name.
Ekawe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekawe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekawe is found most frequently in Papua New Guinea. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekawe? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ekawe is the 3,602,217th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. This surname is predominantly found in Oceania, where 67 percent of Ekawe are found; 67 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 67 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Ekawe is also the 1,744,716th most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 35 people.
The surname Ekawe is most numerous in Papua New Guinea, where it is held by 20 people, or 1 in 407,686. In Papua New Guinea Ekawe is most prevalent in: Hela, where 85 percent live and Western Highlands, where 15 percent live. Other than Papua New Guinea this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 17 percent live and Benin, where 7 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
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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 Ekawe
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