Ekerim Surname

1,967,751st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 90 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Turkey
Highest density in:
Turkey

Ekerim Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ekerim Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Turkey841:926,44643,135
Nigeria51:35,428,552388,973
Mauritania11:4,094,86338,869

Ekerim Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ekerim Come From? nationality or country of origin

Ekerim (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻜﺮﻳﻢ) occurs more in Turkey more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekerim? popularity and diffusion

The last name Ekerim is the 1,967,751st most widely held last name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 80,972,732 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 61 percent of Ekerim are found; 61 percent are found in West Asia and 61 percent are found in Anatolia and Highlands.

The surname Ekerim is most numerous in Turkey, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 926,446. In Turkey Ekerim is primarily concentrated in: Istanbul Province, where 67 percent are found, Kastamonu Province, where 17 percent are found and Kocaeli Province, where 7 percent are found. Besides Turkey this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 6 percent are found and Mauritania, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekerime923/
Hekerim921/
Yekerim921/
Ekerheim8618/
Ekerem8312/
Ekarim837/
Akerim835/
Ekorim831/
Ikerim831/
Eckerheim803/
Hekerem77140/
Ekereme7736/
Ekariem774/
Aikerim772/
Echerim771/
Yekerem771/
Ekaraim771/
Ihekerem7139/
Akerheim711/
Akarim672,048/
Akerem6730/
Akirim6729/
Ekarem6725/
Ikarim6713/
Okirim675/
Okerem675/
Ackerheim675/
Ekehierem674/
Jkarim674/
Okarim671/
Ekirimova671/
Eqerem670/

Ekerim Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Ekerim in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻜﺮﻳﻢalkrym-

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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 Ekerim
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