Ekeche Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Ekeche Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Ekeche Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekeche Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekeche (Marathi: ेकेचे) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekeche? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,063,924th most frequent family name in the world, held by around 1 in 728,754,592 people. Ekeche is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Ekeche reside; 90 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname Ekeche is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria Ekeche is most common in: Benue, where 78 percent live, Ogun, where 11 percent live and Rivers, where 11 percent live. Aside from Nigeria it is found in one country. It is also found in India, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ekeche Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ekeche in the Marathi language | ||
| ेकेचे | ekece | - |
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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 Ekeche
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