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 most common in Nigeria. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of Ekese.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekese? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,649,889th most prevalent last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The surname occurs mostly 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 common first name at a global level, borne by 20 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 9 people, or 1 in 19,682,529. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Akwa Ibom, where 44 percent live, Benue, where 44 percent live and Cross River, where 11 percent live. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 28 percent live and The DR Congo, where 22 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 Ekese
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