Ekesa Surname
Approximately 3,715 people bear this surname
Ekesa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 3,503 | 1:13,183 | 1,629 |
| DR Congo | 150 | 1:492,530 | 39,325 |
| Uganda | 47 | 1:830,623 | 38,869 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Ekesa (989) may also be a first name.
Ekesa Demographics
Ekesa Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ekesa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekesa Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekesa (Hindi: ेकेसा) occurs most in Kenya. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ekesa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekesa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ekesa is the 122,972nd most frequently occurring family name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,961,654 people. Ekesa is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekesa reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 49 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Ekesa is also the 256,075th most common given name in the world It is held by 989 people.
The surname Ekesa is most widespread in Kenya, where it is borne by 3,503 people, or 1 in 13,183. In Kenya Ekesa is most numerous in: Busia County, where 50 percent live, Kakamega County, where 26 percent live and Bungoma County, where 11 percent live. Other than Kenya it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 4 percent live and Uganda, where 1 percent live.
Ekesa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ekesa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ekesa in the Hindi language | ||
| ेकेसा | ekesa | 40 |
| ेकेश | ekesa | 40 |
| केसा | kesa | 20 |
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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 Ekesa
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