Ekeme Surname
Approximately 2,746 people bear this surname
Ekeme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,423 | 1:14,595 | 1,986 |
| Nigeria | 1,151 | 1:153,903 | 9,715 |
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Congo | 57 | 1:87,528 | 7,379 |
| Turkey | 11 | 1:7,074,675 | 122,870 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| United States | 9 | 1:40,273,215 | 872,126 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Ékémé (1) are calculated separately.
Ekeme (432) may also be a first name.
Ekeme Demographics
Ekeme Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Ekeme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekeme Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekeme is borne by more people in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may appear as a variant: Ékémé. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekeme? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 158,951st most numerous family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 2,653,877 people. Ekeme occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ekeme live; 57 percent live in Central Africa and 55 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 412,918th most common given name in the world, borne by 432 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Cameroon, where it is held by 1,423 people, or 1 in 14,595. In Cameroon Ekeme is mostly concentrated in: Centre Region, where 59 percent live, Southwest Region, where 11 percent live and Littoral Region, where 9 percent live. Barring Cameroon Ekeme is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 42 percent live and The DR Congo, where 3 percent live.
Ekeme Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
Ekeme earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 10.77% less than the national average, earning $38,500 USD 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 Ekeme
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