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
Ekaye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﺎﻱ) is found most in Nigeria. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ekaye click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekaye? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 966,131st most common family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 27,091,249 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekaye reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 232 people, or 1 in 763,546. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Delta, where 46 percent live, Bauchi, where 26 percent live and Lagos, where 11 percent live. Outside of Nigeria Ekaye occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 13 percent live and Mauritania, where 1 percent live.
Ekaye Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Ekaye last name is predominantly 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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