Ekepe Surname
Approximately 43 people bear this surname
Ekepe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| Ivory Coast | 8 | 1:2,883,904 | 43,419 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Ekepe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekepe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekepe is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. For other possible spellings of Ekepe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekepe? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,979,664th most commonly occurring surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 169,477,812 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Ekepe live; 84 percent live in West Africa and 84 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria Ekepe is most frequent in: Cross River, where 38 percent live, Akwa Ibom, where 31 percent live and Rivers, where 21 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 19 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekepeu | 91 | 7 | / |
| Hekepe | 91 | 7 | / |
| Ekepey | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ekep | 89 | 400 | / |
| Heikepe | 83 | 13 | / |
| Ekope | 80 | 601 | / |
| Ekape | 80 | 282 | / |
| Akepe | 80 | 248 | / |
| Ekeev | 80 | 110 | / |
| Ekepa | 80 | 26 | / |
| Ikepe | 80 | 25 | / |
| Ekepi | 80 | 23 | / |
| Okepe | 80 | 20 | / |
| Eikep | 80 | 15 | / |
| Ekipe | 80 | 8 | / |
| Ekype | 80 | 2 | / |
| Ekjpe | 80 | 1 | / |
| Hekep | 80 | 1 | / |
| Akepeu | 73 | 312 | / |
| Hekepi | 73 | 8 | / |
| Okephe | 73 | 7 | / |
| Okeepe | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ackepe | 73 | 6 | / |
| Ikepeh | 73 | 4 | / |
| Yekepa | 73 | 4 | / |
| Ikeper | 73 | 3 | / |
| Okepeh | 73 | 2 | / |
| Yokepe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ieckep | 73 | 1 | / |
| Akepie | 73 | 1 | / |
| Echepe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ecaepe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekappe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hakepe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hekepa | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekopee | 73 | 1 | / |
| Jekepi | 73 | 1 | / |
| Okoepe | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekip | 67 | 656 | / |
| Ecep | 67 | 232 | / |
| Ikep | 67 | 35 | / |
| Okeiphe | 67 | 17 | / |
| Ekisper | 67 | 10 | / |
| Akeupeu | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ekyp | 67 | 2 | / |
| O'Keepe | 67 | 2 | / |
| Akeuphe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okephie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekev | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekjp | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okeeppe | 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
- 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 Ekepe
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