Ekette Surname
Approximately 516 people bear this surname
Ekette Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 505 | 1:350,778 | 18,947 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Ekette (160) may also be a first name.
Ekette Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekette Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekette is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekette? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 601,907th most commonly occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 14,123,151 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ekette are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekette is also the 725,185th most commonly used given name at a global level, held by 160 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is carried by 505 people, or 1 in 350,778. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Enugu, where 75 percent reside, Akwa Ibom, where 12 percent reside and Delta, where 3 percent reside. Aside from Nigeria Ekette exists in 6 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 1 percent reside and Brazil, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Ekette
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