Ekenene Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Ekenene Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 143 | 1:1,238,761 | 49,638 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ekenene Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekenene Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekenene occurs most in Nigeria. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekenene? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,465,390th most frequently held family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. The surname Ekenene occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Ekenene reside; 99 percent reside in West Africa and 99 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
Ekenene is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 143 people, or 1 in 1,238,761. In Nigeria Ekenene is primarily found in: Akwa Ibom, where 76 percent live, Lagos, where 9 percent live and Cross River, where 8 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 1 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekenenje | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ekeneneh | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ekenenge | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ekonene | 86 | 15 | / |
| Okenene | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ikengene | 80 | 5 | / |
| Akenenie | 80 | 4 | / |
| Ikenenge | 80 | 2 | / |
| Echenene | 80 | 1 | / |
| Akkenene | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekhenemhe | 75 | 41 | / |
| Akieneneh | 75 | 3 | / |
| Heckengen | 75 | 0 | / |
| Akenine | 71 | 26 | / |
| Okanene | 71 | 14 | / |
| Ekenhem | 71 | 8 | / |
| Ikanene | 71 | 5 | / |
| Akeneni | 71 | 3 | / |
| Ekaneni | 71 | 2 | / |
| Akanene | 71 | 2 | / |
| Okenyne | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekenini | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okinene | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekineni | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akinene | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akenane | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okonene | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikenine | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hakanene | 67 | 83 | / |
| Akhanene | 67 | 76 | / |
| Ekenheim | 67 | 24 | / |
| Ackenine | 67 | 18 | / |
| Ekaniene | 67 | 16 | / |
| Akkeneni | 67 | 12 | / |
| Ekonenyi | 67 | 11 | / |
| Okaanene | 67 | 6 | / |
| Akenonne | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ichenene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akuinene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akhenane | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ahkanene | 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 Ekenene
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