Ekehi Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Ekehi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Ekehi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekehi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekehi is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekehi? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ekehi is the 5,587,209th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekehi are found; 92 percent are found in West Africa and 92 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Ekehi is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 16,103,887. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ebonyi, where 64 percent are found, Lagos, where 18 percent are found and Enugu, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekeehi | 91 | 1 | / |
| Okehi | 80 | 1,037 | / |
| Ikehi | 80 | 615 | / |
| Akehi | 80 | 118 | / |
| Ekeuh | 80 | 65 | / |
| Ekiei | 80 | 27 | / |
| Ekahi | 80 | 17 | / |
| Ekohi | 80 | 16 | / |
| Ekehe | 80 | 11 | / |
| Ecehi | 80 | 1 | / |
| Okehie | 73 | 1,306 | / |
| Okoehi | 73 | 33 | / |
| Ikeahi | 73 | 12 | / |
| Okehei | 73 | 11 | / |
| Ikcehi | 73 | 8 | / |
| Echehi | 73 | 5 | / |
| Eechie | 73 | 5 | / |
| Ikehis | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ikehai | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ikeehi | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ekeiye | 73 | 2 | / |
| Ezkieh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ezkeai | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekhohi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekhier | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekahie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekaehe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akehei | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hokehi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okeehi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekehoa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akeehi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akoehi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekiehe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akaehi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekoeyi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekeu | 67 | 830 | / |
| Ekie | 67 | 794 | / |
| Ekye | 67 | 19 | / |
| Ekeijeh | 67 | 8 | / |
| Okeihie | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ekeyiay | 67 | 4 | / |
| Akaehie | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ekje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hekhgeh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hekhahi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekeejie | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ekehi
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