Ekereme Surname
Approximately 36 people bear this surname
Ekereme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Ekereme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekereme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekereme occurs most in Nigeria. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Ekereme click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekereme? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,274,477th most commonly used family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 202,431,831 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Ekereme live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 35 people, or 1 in 5,061,222. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Delta, where 46 percent reside, Lagos, where 17 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 14 percent reside. Beside Nigeria Ekereme is found in one country. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekeremer | 93 | 1 | / |
| Ekerem | 92 | 12 | / |
| Hekerem | 86 | 140 | / |
| Ekeremi | 86 | 7 | / |
| Ekerame | 86 | 4 | / |
| Ekerime | 86 | 3 | / |
| Okereme | 86 | 2 | / |
| Ekerema | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ekoreme | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ekireme | 86 | 1 | / |
| Echereme | 80 | 27 | / |
| Ekerheim | 80 | 18 | / |
| Ekeremma | 80 | 2 | / |
| Akhereme | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekiremet | 80 | 1 | / |
| Ekerim | 77 | 90 | / |
| Eqerem | 77 | 0 | / |
| Ekehierem | 75 | 4 | / |
| Eckerheim | 75 | 3 | / |
| Okeremi | 71 | 285 | / |
| Okareme | 71 | 158 | / |
| Akeremi | 71 | 16 | / |
| Ekirema | 71 | 11 | / |
| Echerem | 71 | 9 | / |
| Ikerema | 71 | 6 | / |
| Akoreme | 71 | 3 | / |
| Eqeremi | 71 | 2 | / |
| Okireme | 71 | 2 | / |
| Akireme | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okoreme | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akeremy | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ecerrem | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikeremi | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akerime | 71 | 1 | / |
| Hekerim | 71 | 1 | / |
| Akhareme | 67 | 13 | / |
| Okoroeme | 67 | 10 | / |
| Okorieme | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ikareume | 67 | 3 | / |
| Okerhome | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekaerami | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hekerimi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okerrime | 67 | 1 | / |
| Akieremi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okoeremi | 67 | 1 | / |
| Okoreume | 67 | 1 | / |
| Echeremy | 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 Ekereme
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