Ekeng Surname
Approximately 4,413 people bear this surname
Ekeng Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 3,815 | 1:46,433 | 3,607 |
| Cameroon | 473 | 1:43,909 | 5,796 |
| Indonesia | 57 | 1:2,320,161 | 139,963 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| United States | 13 | 1:27,881,456 | 736,413 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
Ekeng (1,241) may also be a first name.
Ekeng Demographics
Ekeng Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Ekeng Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekeng Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekeng is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekeng? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ekeng is the 106,023rd most commonly occurring last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,651,381 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ekeng reside; 87 percent reside in West Africa and 87 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 224,316th most widespread first name worldwide, borne by 1,241 people.
This surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 3,815 people, or 1 in 46,433. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Cross River, where 65 percent live, Akwa Ibom, where 19 percent live and Lagos, where 4 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this last name occurs in 17 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 11 percent live and Indonesia, where 1 percent live.
Ekeng Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Ekeng surname is principally Christian (97%) in Nigeria.
Ekeng earn less than half the average income. In United States they earn 60.7% less than the national average, earning $16,958 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
- 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 Ekeng
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