Ekemi Surname
Approximately 240 people bear this surname
Ekemi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 118 | 1:1,501,210 | 57,254 |
| Congo | 116 | 1:43,009 | 4,057 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Ekemi (41) may also be a first name.
Ekemi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekemi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekemi is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekemi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,044,719th most frequently held last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 30,364,775 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekemi live; 50 percent live in Central Africa and 50 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. Ekemi is also the 1,590,275th most commonly occurring first name globally, borne by 41 people.
The surname Ekemi is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 118 people, or 1 in 1,501,210. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Bayelsa, where 85 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 14 percent reside and Rivers, where 1 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria Ekemi occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Congo, where 48 percent reside and Gabon, where 2 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 Ekemi
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