Ekendia Surname

1,860,621st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 99 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ekendia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ekendia Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria911:1,946,62468,955
Canada81:4,605,699220,704

Ekendia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ekendia is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekendia? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,860,621st most numerous surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 73,611,575 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 92 percent of Ekendia live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

This surname is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 91 people, or 1 in 1,946,624. In Nigeria Ekendia is most numerous in: Rivers, where 90 percent are found, Abia, where 8 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 1 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Canada, where 8 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekendja8621/
Ekemdia863/
Ikendia861/
Echendia8010/
Ekendjoa801/
Hikendia801/
Akindia7114/
Ikendja714/
Okendja712/
Ekindja711/
Oknndia711/
Ikindia711/
Akindija672/
Okindja5738/
Akindja574/
Akendjo571/
Ekemdeo571/
Akindijo5330/
Echendeo534/
Akendjou532/
Aekindyo531/
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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 Ekendia
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