Ekbed Surname
Approximately 102 people bear this surname
Ekbed Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 101 | 1:40,543 | 3,109 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ekbed Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekbed Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekbed (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﺒﺪ) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekbed? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,828,462nd most widely held family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 71,446,529 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ekbed are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is held by 101 people, or 1 in 40,543. In Mauritania Ekbed is primarily concentrated in: Brakna Region, where 58 percent reside, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 26 percent reside and Hodh Chargui Region, where 14 percent reside. Apart from Mauritania this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ekbed Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ekbed in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﺒﺪ | akbd | 72.97 |
| ﺃﻛﺒﺪ | akbd | 27.03 |
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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 Ekbed
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