Ekedi Surname
Approximately 1,415 people bear this surname
Ekedi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,060 | 1:19,593 | 2,666 |
| Nigeria | 172 | 1:1,029,900 | 43,269 |
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| France | 22 | 1:3,019,215 | 204,848 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Germany | 8 | 1:10,063,182 | 283,807 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Ekedi (27) may also be a first name.
Ekedi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekedi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekedi is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekedi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 274,522nd most commonly occurring family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 5,150,209 people. The last name Ekedi is mostly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ekedi live; 83 percent live in Central Africa and 82 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Ekedi is also the 2,036,353rd most frequently held first name at a global level, borne by 27 people.
This surname is most widespread in Cameroon, where it is borne by 1,060 people, or 1 in 19,593. In Cameroon it is mostly concentrated in: Littoral Region, where 65 percent live, Centre Region, where 29 percent live and South Region, where 2 percent live. Besides Cameroon it occurs in 17 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 12 percent live and The DR Congo, where 8 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 Ekedi
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