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 occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekede? popularity and diffusion
It is the 628,294th most commonly held last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 14,964,160 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ekede reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekede is also the 910,230th most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 107 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 443 people, or 1 in 399,871. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Bayelsa, where 30 percent live, Delta, where 22 percent live and Enugu, where 17 percent live. Not including Nigeria it exists in 8 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 4 percent live and Niger, where 3 percent live.
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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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