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 found most frequently in Nigeria. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekeja? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,017,412th most frequently occurring last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 29,267,253 people. The surname Ekeja is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekeja are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekeja is also the 578,640th most commonly used given name worldwide. It is borne by 239 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 248 people, or 1 in 714,285. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Enugu, where 60 percent are found, Lagos, where 12 percent are found and Edo, where 5 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in India, where 0 percent are found.
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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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