Ekete Surname
Approximately 2,207 people bear this surname
Ekete Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,495 | 1:118,490 | 7,835 |
| DR Congo | 547 | 1:135,063 | 14,394 |
| Benin | 112 | 1:92,282 | 10,663 |
| Congo | 18 | 1:277,172 | 8,776 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Ekete (169) may also be a first name.
Ekete Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekete Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekete occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Ekete click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekete? popularity and diffusion
Ekete is the 191,038th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 3,302,014 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ekete are found; 73 percent are found in West Africa and 73 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 703,581st most frequent given name on earth, borne by 169 people.
The surname Ekete is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,495 people, or 1 in 118,490. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Enugu, where 64 percent live, Delta, where 9 percent live and Rivers, where 4 percent live. Besides Nigeria this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 25 percent live and Benin, where 5 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 Ekete
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