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 surname Ekelie occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekelie? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,530,696th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 125,647,343 people. The surname Ekelie is mostly found in Africa, where 81 percent of Ekelie reside; 81 percent reside in West Africa and 81 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 47 people, or 1 in 3,768,995. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Delta, where 68 percent live, Kaduna, where 23 percent live and Rivers, where 6 percent live. Barring Nigeria Ekelie is found in one country. It also occurs in England, where 19 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
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- 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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