Ekeobi Surname
Approximately 69 people bear this surname
Ekeobi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 65 | 1:2,725,273 | 87,396 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
Ekeobi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekeobi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekeobi occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Ekeobi click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekeobi? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,293,424th most frequent surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 105,616,607 people. The surname Ekeobi is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Ekeobi reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 65 people, or 1 in 2,725,273. In Nigeria Ekeobi is most frequent in: Kano, where 29 percent reside, Plateau, where 22 percent reside and Rivers, where 15 percent reside. Other than Nigeria this surname is found in one country. It is also found in England, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekeoba | 83 | 737 | / |
| Ikeobi | 83 | 361 | / |
| Okeobi | 83 | 5 | / |
| Ekeobe | 83 | 2 | / |
| Akeobi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ekiobi | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ekeowei | 77 | 39 | / |
| Echeobi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Ekujobi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ikejobi | 77 | 2 | / |
| Akheobi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikeobii | 77 | 1 | / |
| Okieobi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikejiobi | 71 | 122 | / |
| Ekejiubi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekieowei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekejioba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikeoba | 67 | 32 | / |
| Ekioba | 67 | 23 | / |
| Akiobi | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ekeabe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okeobe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ekeowe | 67 | 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 Ekeobi
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