Ekber Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Azerbaijan

Ekber Surname User-submission:

The surname Ekber (Akbar) means 'the greatest' in Turkish.

Ekber Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey321:2,431,91977,125
Azerbaijan271:357,3757,700
Brazil61:35,679,055486,536
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
England21:27,859,030389,889
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Uzbekistan11:30,929,14267,786
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

Ekber (1,574) may also be a first name.

Ekber Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The surname Ekber (Akbar) means 'the greatest' in Turkish.

- yusufolia

Ekber Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ekber Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ekber (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﺒﺮ, Russian: Екбер) occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekber? popularity and diffusion

Ekber is the 1,967,751st most widely held last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 80,972,732 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 66 percent of Ekber live; 59 percent live in West Asia and 30 percent live in Transcaucasia. It is also the 195,080th most common first name throughout the world, borne by 1,574 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Turkey, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 2,431,919. In Turkey it is primarily concentrated in: Mersin Province, where 25 percent are found, Istanbul Province, where 22 percent are found and Ankara Province, where 19 percent are found. Other than Turkey this surname occurs in 16 countries. It is also common in Azerbaijan, where 30 percent are found and Brazil, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Yekber91131/
Eckber9127/
Ekbeïr911/
Heckber8373/
Akber8057,493/
Ekbir8021/
Okber8014/
Ikber8012/
Heckbert77280/
Ekberova7724/
Akhber73245/
Akbeer7320/
Akkber7318/
Yekbir7314/
Akbher7312/
Ackber7310/
Ekboir737/
Akberr734/
Akbear733/
Yikber733/
Aakber732/
Ecbert732/
Hakber731/
Ykeber731/
Ekbire731/
Ickber731/
Hikber731/
Ekbird730/
Heikhberh711/
Hecbert6730/
Yikeber674/
Ecberdt671/
Höckber671/

Ekber Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ekber in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻛﺒﺮakbr-
Ekber in the Russian language
Екберekber-

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