Ekelie Surname
Approximately 58 people bear this surname
Ekelie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 47 | 1:3,768,995 | 108,818 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
Ekelie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekelie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekelie is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Ekelie click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekelie? popularity and diffusion
Ekelie is the 2,530,696th most commonly held last name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The last name Ekelie occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Ekelie live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Ekelie is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 3,768,995. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 68 percent reside, Kaduna, where 23 percent reside and Rivers, where 6 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also found in England, where 19 percent reside.
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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 Ekelie
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