Ekeowa Surname
Approximately 485 people bear this surname
Ekeowa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 474 | 1:373,719 | 19,928 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ekeowa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekeowa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekeowa is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekeowa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ekeowa is the 630,290th most frequent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 15,025,868 people. The surname Ekeowa occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ekeowa live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The surname is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 474 people, or 1 in 373,719. In Nigeria it is most common in: Enugu, where 83 percent are found, Lagos, where 7 percent are found and Abia, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in England, where 2 percent are found and The United States, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eekeowa | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ekeowo | 83 | 36 | / |
| Ikeowa | 83 | 27 | / |
| Okeowa | 83 | 5 | / |
| Ekeawa | 83 | 3 | / |
| Eekeow | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ekoa | 80 | 1,264 | / |
| Ekea | 80 | 414 | / |
| Ekeowei | 77 | 39 | / |
| Ikheowa | 77 | 11 | / |
| Ekeawah | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekiow | 73 | 21 | / |
| Eakea | 73 | 11 | / |
| Ekeah | 73 | 9 | / |
| Hekea | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ekhoa | 73 | 2 | / |
| Eikea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekkea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekuoa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Eukea | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekeof | 73 | 0 | / |
| Ekogiawa | 71 | 13 | / |
| Hiekeova | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekejioba | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekieowei | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikeadowa | 71 | 1 | / |
| Eke | 67 | 158,056 | / |
| Eka | 67 | 94,362 | / |
| Okeowo | 67 | 14,690 | / |
| Ikeowo | 67 | 143 | / |
| Ekehov | 67 | 35 | / |
| Eceova | 67 | 34 | / |
| Ekeová | 67 | 32 | / |
| Ekioba | 67 | 23 | / |
| Ikyowa | 67 | 11 | / |
| Ekiawa | 67 | 8 | / |
| Ekiowo | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okiowa | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ekkeaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Aikeow | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikeowuoha | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eadkea | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eakeas | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekeaua | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akiowa | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekoaja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekoaya | 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 Ekeowa
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