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 surname Ekeen is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekeen? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ekeen is the 7,117,718th most frequently used family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekeen are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 4,213,784th most widespread first name at a global level, held by 8 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 6 people, or 1 in 29,523,793. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Oyo, where 83 percent live and Rivers, where 17 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 14 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 Ekeen
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