Ekese Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Ekese Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 9 | 1:19,682,529 | 291,344 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
Ekese (20) may also be a first name.
Ekese Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekese Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekese is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekese? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,649,889th most common family name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 404,863,662 people. Ekese is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekese reside; 56 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 2,446,817th most frequently occurring first name worldwide, borne by 20 people.
It is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 44 percent reside, Benue, where 44 percent reside and Cross River, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Nigeria it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Cameroon, where 28 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 22 percent reside.
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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 Ekese
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