Ekerin Surname
Approximately 504 people bear this surname
Ekerin Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 477 | 1:371,368 | 19,809 |
| England | 23 | 1:2,422,524 | 89,093 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Ekerin (15) may also be a first name.
Ekerin Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekerin Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekerin is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekerin? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ekerin is the 612,595th most widely held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 14,459,416 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Ekerin reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekerin is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used first name world-wide, held by 15 people.
The surname is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 477 people, or 1 in 371,368. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Lagos, where 41 percent live, Ogun, where 28 percent live and Oyo, where 14 percent live. Excluding Nigeria this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in England, where 5 percent live and Ireland, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekering | 92 | 71 | / |
| Eskerin | 92 | 7 | / |
| Ekerion | 92 | 2 | / |
| Ekerind | 92 | 2 | / |
| Jekerin | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ekern | 91 | 781 | / |
| Ekcherin | 86 | 232 | / |
| Ekkerink | 86 | 77 | / |
| Eckering | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ekeren | 83 | 334 | / |
| Okerin | 83 | 73 | / |
| Eckern | 83 | 57 | / |
| Akerin | 83 | 7 | / |
| Ekarin | 83 | 7 | / |
| Ekirin | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ikerin | 83 | 2 | / |
| Jeckering | 80 | 92 | / |
| Yeckering | 80 | 80 | / |
| Ikerina | 77 | 61 | / |
| Eekeren | 77 | 38 | / |
| Ekkeren | 77 | 29 | / |
| Ekirion | 77 | 21 | / |
| Hekeren | 77 | 15 | / |
| Ekeräng | 77 | 9 | / |
| Jikerin | 77 | 5 | / |
| Eikeren | 77 | 4 | / |
| Okerien | 77 | 3 | / |
| Eketryn | 77 | 2 | / |
| Eketren | 77 | 2 | / |
| Heckern | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hekerim | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yekerim | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yokerin | 77 | 1 | / |
| Akerien | 77 | 1 | / |
| Oekernn | 77 | 1 | / |
| Etkeren | 77 | 1 | / |
| Aekarin | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekkarin | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yeckerinng | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ekorn | 73 | 31 | / |
| Okern | 73 | 8 | / |
| Akern | 73 | 1 | / |
| Ekarn | 73 | 1 | / |
| Heekeren | 71 | 100 | / |
| Eichkern | 71 | 16 | / |
| Eijkeren | 71 | 15 | / |
| Aekkarin | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ekheruen | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ihekeren | 71 | 1 | / |
| Jeikeren | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okeren | 67 | 469 | / |
| Akeren | 67 | 235 | / |
| Ekrene | 67 | 105 | / |
| Jäckering | 67 | 102 | / |
| Akarin | 67 | 72 | / |
| Ecarin | 67 | 45 | / |
| Akirin | 67 | 41 | / |
| Ekhorn | 67 | 36 | / |
| Akorin | 67 | 14 | / |
| Heeckeren | 67 | 12 | / |
| Okorin | 67 | 11 | / |
| Aakerøien | 67 | 7 | / |
| Akerén | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ackern | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ikarin | 67 | 6 | / |
| Icerin | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ökeren | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ikorin | 67 | 3 | / |
| Aqerin | 67 | 2 | / |
| Okarin | 67 | 2 | / |
| Ekirng | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikeren | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ehikheren | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikerne | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikirin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hickering | 67 | 0 | / |
| Hakern | 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 Ekerin
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