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/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekete? popularity and diffusion
Ekete is the 191,038th most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,302,014 people. Ekete is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Ekete reside; 73 percent reside in West Africa and 73 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 703,581st most commonly held given name internationally. It is borne by 169 people.
The last name is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is held by 1,495 people, or 1 in 118,490. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Enugu, where 64 percent live, Delta, where 9 percent live and Rivers, where 4 percent live. Beside 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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