Ekengwu Surname
Approximately 91 people bear this surname
Ekengwu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 83 | 1:2,134,250 | 73,634 |
| England | 8 | 1:6,964,757 | 184,742 |
Ekengwu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekengwu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekengwu is found most in Nigeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekengwu? popularity and diffusion
Ekengwu is the 1,955,159th most common last name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 80,082,922 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Ekengwu are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 91 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 83 people, or 1 in 2,134,250. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Enugu, where 53 percent reside, Cross River, where 19 percent reside and Benue, where 18 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria Ekengwu exists in one country. It also occurs in England, where 9 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
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- 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 Ekengwu
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