Ekem Surname
Approximately 2,590 people bear this surname
Ekem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,443 | 1:122,760 | 8,070 |
| Ghana | 693 | 1:38,991 | 4,481 |
| Cameroon | 284 | 1:73,131 | 9,119 |
| Turkey | 99 | 1:786,075 | 38,740 |
| Ivory Coast | 21 | 1:1,098,630 | 25,989 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Ekem (1,245) may also be a first name.
Ekem Demographics
Average Ekem Salary in
United States
$57,750 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Ekem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekem is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekem? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 167,036th most widely held last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,813,724 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Ekem are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 82 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 223,865th most prevalent first name throughout the world, held by 1,245 people.
It is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 1,443 people, or 1 in 122,760. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Cross River, where 53 percent are found, Rivers, where 13 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 9 percent are found. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 27 percent are found and Cameroon, where 11 percent are found.
Ekem Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Ekem surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% being registered with the party.
The amount Ekem earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 33.84% more than the national average, earning $57,750 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.32% less than the national average, earning $43,064 CAD per year.
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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 Ekem
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