Ekayu Surname
Approximately 475 people bear this surname
Ekayu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 472 | 1:82,710 | 8,785 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ekayu (12) may also be a first name.
Ekayu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekayu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekayu is held by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekayu? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 640,141st most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 15,342,202 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekayu reside; 99 percent reside in East Africa and 97 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most common given name at a global level, held by 12 people.
Ekayu is most commonly held in Uganda, where it is carried by 472 people, or 1 in 82,710. In Uganda Ekayu is primarily concentrated in: Soroti District, where 41 percent live, Kaberamaido District, where 37 percent live and Amuria District, where 15 percent live. Excluding Uganda this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 0 percent live and Sudan, where 0 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
- 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 Ekayu
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