Ekeje Surname
Approximately 45 people bear this surname
Ekeje Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 36 | 1:1,084,424 | 45,587 |
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
Ekeje Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekeje Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekeje is found in Uganda more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Ekeje click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekeje? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,909,720th most commonly used last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 161,945,465 people. The surname Ekeje is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekeje reside; 80 percent reside in East Africa and 80 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa.
The surname Ekeje is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is carried by 36 people, or 1 in 1,084,424. In Uganda Ekeje is most frequent in: Amolatar District, where 94 percent live and Dokolo District, where 6 percent live. Aside from Uganda it is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 20 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 Ekeje
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