Eketa Surname
Approximately 196 people bear this surname
Eketa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 127 | 1:1,394,825 | 54,286 |
| DR Congo | 48 | 1:1,539,158 | 86,567 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Eketa (71) may also be a first name.
Eketa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Eketa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Eketa (Hindi: एकेता, Marathi: एकता) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Eketa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,202,518th most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 37,181,357 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 90 percent of Eketa are found; 65 percent are found in West Africa and 65 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Eketa is also the 1,152,838th most commonly used first name on earth. It is borne by 71 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 127 people, or 1 in 1,394,825. In Nigeria Eketa is most common in: Ebonyi, where 39 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 24 percent reside and Cross River, where 13 percent reside. Barring Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 24 percent reside and India, where 9 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Eketa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Eketa in the Marathi language | ||
| एकता | ekata | - |
| Eketa in the Hindi language | ||
| एकेता | eketa | 50 |
| ेकेत | eketa | 25 |
| एकता | ekata | 12.5 |
| ेकेता | eketa | 12.5 |
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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 Eketa
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