Ekemou Surname
Approximately 4 people bear this surname
Ekemou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 3 | 1:3,445,201 | 77,822 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Ekemou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekemou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekemou is held by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekemou? popularity and diffusion
Ekemou is the 8,968,613th most widely held surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name Ekemou occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekemou live; 75 percent live in West Africa and 75 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most prevalent in Benin, where it is carried by 3 people, or 1 in 3,445,201. In Benin Ekemou is mostly concentrated in: Borgou Department, where 67 percent are found and Mono Department, where 33 percent are found. Apart from Benin this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 25 percent are found.
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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 Ekemou
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