Ekenne Surname
Approximately 76 people bear this surname
Ekenne Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 75 | 1:2,361,903 | 79,171 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
Ekenne (308) may also be a first name.
Ekenne Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekenne Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekenne is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekenne? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,168,711th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 95,888,762 people. The last name Ekenne is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekenne are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 501,377th most common first name in the world. It is borne by 308 people.
The last name is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 75 people, or 1 in 2,361,903. In Nigeria Ekenne is most prevalent in: Rivers, where 43 percent are found, Lagos, where 23 percent are found and Bayelsa, where 9 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 1 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 Ekenne
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