Ekele Surname
Approximately 9,741 people bear this surname
Ekele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 8,690 | 1:20,385 | 1,859 |
| DR Congo | 944 | 1:78,262 | 9,071 |
| Cameroon | 66 | 1:314,683 | 29,051 |
| England | 9 | 1:6,190,895 | 170,599 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
Ekele (4,571) may also be a first name.
Ekele Demographics
Average Ekele Salary in
United States
$80,208 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ekele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekele (Marathi: एकेले) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ekele click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekele? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 52,523rd most widely held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 748,131 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekele live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekele is also the 101,607th most common first name world-wide, borne by 4,571 people.
The last name Ekele is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 8,690 people, or 1 in 20,385. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Kogi, where 38 percent reside, Benue, where 14 percent reside and Delta, where 7 percent reside. Beside Nigeria it is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 10 percent reside and Cameroon, where 1 percent reside.
Ekele Last Name Statistics demography
Ekele earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 85.89% more than the national average, earning $80,208 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ekele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ekele in the Marathi language | ||
| एकेले | ekele | - |
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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 Ekele
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