Ekep Surname
Approximately 400 people bear this surname
Ekep Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Papua New Guinea | 381 | 1:21,401 | 2,281 |
| Cameroon | 13 | 1:1,597,621 | 87,539 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ekep (129) may also be a first name.
Ekep Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekep Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekep occurs more in Papua New Guinea more than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ekep click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekep? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ekep is the 726,304th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 18,218,865 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 95 percent of Ekep live; 95 percent live in Oceania Islands and 95 percent live in Papuan Oceania. Ekep is also the 818,356th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 129 people.
The surname Ekep is most frequently held in Papua New Guinea, where it is carried by 381 people, or 1 in 21,401. In Papua New Guinea it is most numerous in: Western Highlands, where 78 percent live, Southern Highlands, where 12 percent live and Jiwaka, where 7 percent live. Apart from Papua New Guinea this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and Nigeria, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yekep | 89 | 51 | / |
| Ekepe | 89 | 43 | / |
| Eikep | 89 | 15 | / |
| Jekep | 89 | 8 | / |
| Hekep | 89 | 1 | / |
| Hekepe | 80 | 7 | / |
| Ieckep | 80 | 1 | / |
| Giekep | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekip | 75 | 656 | / |
| Okep | 75 | 242 | / |
| Ecep | 75 | 232 | / |
| Akep | 75 | 202 | / |
| Ikep | 75 | 35 | / |
| Ekyp | 75 | 2 | / |
| Ekjp | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ekev | 75 | 1 | / |
| Heikepe | 73 | 13 | / |
| Ekeev | 67 | 110 | / |
| Yekip | 67 | 74 | / |
| Ikepe | 67 | 25 | / |
| Ekipe | 67 | 8 | / |
| Akeep | 67 | 8 | / |
| Jekeb | 67 | 7 | / |
| Ekkjp | 67 | 3 | / |
| Jikep | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akeph | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ekype | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ekehb | 67 | 2 | / |
| Agkep | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hakep | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hekev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekjpe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Yokep | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekebh | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekebd | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eceph | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hecep | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okeep | 67 | 0 | / |
| Okiep | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Ekep
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