Ekeen Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Ekeen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Ekeen (8) may also be a first name.
Ekeen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekeen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekeen occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekeen? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly occurring surname internationally, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The surname Ekeen is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekeen live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekeen is also the 4,213,784th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 8 people.
Ekeen is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria Ekeen is mostly concentrated in: Oyo, where 83 percent reside and Rivers, where 17 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria this surname occurs in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 14 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 Ekeen
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