Ekenyere Surname
Approximately 166 people bear this surname
Ekenyere Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 163 | 1:1,086,765 | 45,077 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
Ekenyere (25) may also be a first name.
Ekenyere Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekenyere Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekenyere is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ekenyere click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekenyere? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,343,156th most common family name on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 43,900,879 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ekenyere reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,136,160th most widespread first name on earth, held by 25 people.
The last name Ekenyere is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 163 people, or 1 in 1,086,765. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Abia, where 47 percent reside, Enugu, where 15 percent reside and Lagos, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Ekenyere is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Qatar, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekeniyere | 94 | 1 | / |
| Ikenyere | 88 | 17 | / |
| Ekenare | 80 | 14 | / |
| Ikenyeri | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ikenejere | 71 | 10 | / |
| Ikenajere | 71 | 3 | / |
| Jekenjera | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikenouyre | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikenyiri | 63 | 68 | / |
| Icenhowere | 56 | 3 | / |
| Hikkingere | 56 | 1 | / |
| Joychinyere | 53 | 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 Ekenyere
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