Ekemeka Surname
Approximately 143 people bear this surname
Ekemeka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 140 | 1:1,265,305 | 50,482 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
Ekemeka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekemeka Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekemeka occurs most in Nigeria. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekemeka? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,478,479th most prevalent surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 50,961,860 people. Ekemeka occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ekemeka are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Ekemeka is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 140 people, or 1 in 1,265,305. In Nigeria Ekemeka is mostly concentrated in: Abia, where 29 percent live, Enugu, where 24 percent live and Taraba, where 11 percent live. Not including Nigeria Ekemeka exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekemeke | 86 | 22 | / |
| Akemeka | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ekameka | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ekeamaka | 80 | 23 | / |
| Ikeemeka | 80 | 3 | / |
| Ekemecki | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekemacka | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekiemokha | 75 | 1 | / |
| Eikemekie | 75 | 1 | / |
| Aikhemeka | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ikemeke | 71 | 116 | / |
| Ekomika | 71 | 69 | / |
| Akemeko | 71 | 42 | / |
| Ekemike | 71 | 9 | / |
| Ikemeko | 71 | 6 | / |
| Akomeka | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ikemaka | 71 | 2 | / |
| Ekomeko | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akemaka | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikeamaka | 67 | 118 | / |
| Ekhimika | 67 | 29 | / |
| Akeumeko | 67 | 17 | / |
| Ikemgika | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ekemeka
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