Ekero Surname
Approximately 42 people bear this surname
Ekero Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 23 | 1:7,701,859 | 170,290 |
| Papua New Guinea | 12 | 1:679,476 | 78,554 |
| Turkey | 5 | 1:15,564,284 | 149,633 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ekero (18) may also be a first name.
Ekero Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekero Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekero is most common in Nigeria. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekero? popularity and diffusion
Ekero is the 3,017,195th most frequent surname globally, borne by approximately 1 in 173,512,998 people. The surname Ekero occurs predominantly in Africa, where 60 percent of Ekero are found; 55 percent are found in West Africa and 55 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,608,198th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 18 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 23 people, or 1 in 7,701,859. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Bayelsa, where 61 percent live, Nasarawa, where 22 percent live and Rivers, where 13 percent live. Beside Nigeria it is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 29 percent live and Turkey, where 12 percent live.
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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 Ekero
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