Ekeani Surname
Approximately 90 people bear this surname
Ekeani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 81 | 1:2,186,948 | 74,923 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
Ekeani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekeani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekeani occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. For other possible spellings of Ekeani click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekeani? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,967,751st most commonly held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekeani live; 90 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 81 people, or 1 in 2,186,948. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Enugu, where 59 percent are found, Kano, where 28 percent are found and Lagos, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Ekeani
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