Ekessi Surname
Approximately 321 people bear this surname
Ekessi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 310 | 1:66,997 | 8,459 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
Ekessi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekessi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekessi is found most frequently in Cameroon. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekessi? popularity and diffusion
It is the 851,613th most frequently occurring last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,702,635 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ekessi are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 98 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa.
The last name Ekessi is most commonly occurring in Cameroon, where it is borne by 310 people, or 1 in 66,997. In Cameroon Ekessi is most prevalent in: Littoral Region, where 88 percent are found, Centre Region, where 8 percent are found and Adamawa Region, where 0 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name exists in 7 countries. It is also common in The Congo, where 1 percent are found and England, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Ekessi
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