Ekede Surname
Approximately 487 people bear this surname
Ekede Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 443 | 1:399,871 | 21,013 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Niger | 16 | 1:1,199,501 | 25,520 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ekede (107) may also be a first name.
Ekede Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekede Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekede has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekede? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 628,294th most numerous last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 14,964,160 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ekede live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 910,230th most widely held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 107 people.
It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 443 people, or 1 in 399,871. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 30 percent reside, Delta, where 22 percent reside and Enugu, where 17 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 8 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 4 percent reside and Niger, where 3 percent reside.
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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 Ekede
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