Ekenze Surname

966,131st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 269 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
DR Congo

Ekenze Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ekenze Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1861:952,38040,741
DR Congo821:900,97060,382
England11:55,718,059489,080

Ekenze (13) may also be a first name.

Ekenze Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ekenze Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ekenze is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekenze? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 966,131st most frequently occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 27,091,249 people. The last name Ekenze is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekenze are found; 69 percent are found in West Africa and 69 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekenze is also the 3,159,357th most frequently used first name on earth, borne by 13 people.

This last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 186 people, or 1 in 952,380. In Nigeria Ekenze is mostly found in: Lagos, where 32 percent are found, Rivers, where 18 percent are found and Federal Capital Territory, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 30 percent are found and England, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekendze9221/
Yekenze924/
Jekenze921/
Hekenz83397/
Ekenge83327/
Ikenze83251/
Okenze83129/
Akenze8359/
Ekenzi8321/
Ekenza838/
Ekence832/
Ekenje831/
Ekendje77174/
Ekenger7736/
Ikenzeh776/
Okenzie773/
Akendze772/
Akenzea771/
Akenzie771/
Ekens73147/
Akkenzhe716/
Eskinzes716/
Eckenger712/
Ackenzie712/
Ikenge671,038/
Eikens67595/
Eykens67547/
Eakens67129/
Ekkens67106/
Ekenji6749/
Ekenci6740/
Ikense679/
Akenzi675/
Ikenje675/
Okenzi673/
Akinze672/
Ekengi672/
Ikemze672/
Ikenza671/
Ikenzi671/
Ekensi671/
Ekenås671/
Ekinzi671/
Ekenæs671/
Ekency671/
Eckens670/
Heckenger670/

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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 Ekenze
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