Ekenyi Surname
Approximately 145 people bear this surname
Ekenyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 114 | 1:1,553,884 | 58,636 |
| Cameroon | 31 | 1:669,970 | 49,334 |
Ekenyi (13) may also be a first name.
Ekenyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekenyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekenyi is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ekenyi.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekenyi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,465,390th most frequently held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 50,258,937 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekenyi live; 79 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekenyi is also the 3,159,357th most commonly held first name at a global level, borne by 13 people.
The surname Ekenyi is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 114 people, or 1 in 1,553,884. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Ebonyi, where 81 percent reside, Enugu, where 9 percent reside and Benue, where 5 percent reside. Besides Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Cameroon, where 21 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
- 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 Ekenyi
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