Ekelaka Surname
Approximately 192 people bear this surname
Ekelaka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 139 | 1:1,274,408 | 50,756 |
| Cameroon | 50 | 1:415,381 | 35,427 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ekelaka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekelaka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekelaka is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Ekelaka.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekelaka? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,218,745th most frequently occurring family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 37,955,968 people. Ekelaka is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ekelaka reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 139 people, or 1 in 1,274,408. In Nigeria Ekelaka is most frequent in: Abia, where 35 percent reside, Lagos, where 19 percent reside and Rivers, where 15 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 26 percent reside and England, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekeleaka | 93 | 3 | / |
| Ekelacka | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ekolaka | 86 | 100 | / |
| Ekalaka | 86 | 40 | / |
| Akelaka | 86 | 4 | / |
| Ekelake | 86 | 4 | / |
| Ekeleka | 86 | 3 | / |
| Ekeloka | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ekilaka | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ecelaka | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ekalakha | 80 | 10 | / |
| Echelaka | 80 | 7 | / |
| Ekaalaka | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ekelacas | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekhalaka | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hekeloka | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekaelaca | 80 | 1 | / |
| Eshkelaki | 75 | 14 | / |
| Ekhalakha | 75 | 7 | / |
| Ekaelacca | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ekeleakoh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Eskelakey | 75 | 0 | / |
| Ekalaca | 71 | 142 | / |
| Akalaka | 71 | 68 | / |
| Ecalaka | 71 | 59 | / |
| Ikolaka | 71 | 27 | / |
| Okeleka | 71 | 14 | / |
| Okolaka | 71 | 10 | / |
| Okalaka | 71 | 3 | / |
| Akeloka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akolaka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekoloka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekaleka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okelako | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikilaka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekilaki | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikalaka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ecelaca | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikoliaka | 67 | 48 | / |
| Akilakha | 67 | 13 | / |
| Ekeluoke | 67 | 3 | / |
| Okoliaka | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akhalaka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akkalaka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akalakai | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikolyaka | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekalaeca | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekalaica | 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 Ekelaka
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