Ekeja Surname
Approximately 249 people bear this surname
Ekeja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 248 | 1:714,285 | 32,812 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Ekeja (239) may also be a first name.
Ekeja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekeja Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekeja is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekeja? popularity and diffusion
Ekeja is the 1,017,412th most numerous last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 29,267,253 people. The last name Ekeja occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekeja live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 100 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 578,640th most commonly held given name world-wide, held by 239 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 248 people, or 1 in 714,285. In Nigeria Ekeja is primarily found in: Enugu, where 60 percent live, Lagos, where 12 percent live and Edo, where 5 percent live. Barring Nigeria Ekeja is found in one country. It is also found in India, where 0 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 Ekeja
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