Ekaye Surname
Approximately 269 people bear this surname
Ekaye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 232 | 1:763,546 | 34,496 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ekaye Demographics
Ekaye Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Ekaye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekaye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﺎﻱ) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Ekaye.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ekaye is the 966,131st most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 27,091,249 people. The last name Ekaye is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekaye live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Ekaye is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 232 people, or 1 in 763,546. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 46 percent reside, Bauchi, where 26 percent reside and Lagos, where 11 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it is found in 3 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 13 percent reside and Mauritania, where 1 percent reside.
Ekaye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ekaye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ekaye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﺎﻱ | akay | - |
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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 Ekaye
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