Ekelle Surname
Approximately 100 people bear this surname
Ekelle Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 78 | 1:266,270 | 25,687 |
| Nigeria | 12 | 1:14,761,896 | 248,185 |
| Congo | 10 | 1:498,910 | 11,250 |
Ekelle Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekelle Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekelle is carried by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Ekelle click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekelle? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,849,867th most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 72,875,459 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekelle reside; 88 percent reside in Central Africa and 88 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa.
The surname is most common in Cameroon, where it is held by 78 people, or 1 in 266,270. In Cameroon it is most common in: Centre Region, where 54 percent reside, Littoral Region, where 40 percent reside and Southwest Region, where 4 percent reside. Aside from Cameroon this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 12 percent reside and The Congo, where 10 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 Ekelle
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