Ekemezie Surname

148,008th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,989 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ekemezie Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ekemezie Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria2,9461:60,1304,484
United States191:19,076,786604,894
England101:5,571,806158,774
South Africa61:9,029,617189,736
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Iceland11:380,09011,096
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187

Ekemezie (247) may also be a first name.

Ekemezie Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ekemezie Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ekemezie has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekemezie? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ekemezie is the 148,008th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 2,438,122 people. Ekemezie occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ekemezie live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 567,531st most frequently used given name at a global level It is held by 247 people.

The surname Ekemezie is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 2,946 people, or 1 in 60,130. In Nigeria Ekemezie is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 20 percent are found, Enugu, where 17 percent are found and Abia, where 14 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Ekemezie Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Ekemezie surname are 13.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 60% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Ekemezie earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 91.19% less than the national average, earning R 20,928 per year and in United States they earn 107.53% more than the national average, earning $89,547 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
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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 Ekemezie
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