Ekewei Surname
Approximately 48 people bear this surname
Ekewei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 47 | 1:3,768,995 | 108,818 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Ekewei (12) may also be a first name.
Ekewei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekewei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekewei is found most in Nigeria. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekewei? popularity and diffusion
Ekewei is the 2,808,717th most widely held family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 151,823,873 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ekewei live; 98 percent live in West Africa and 98 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held first name internationally. It is borne by 12 people.
The last name Ekewei is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 3,768,995. In Nigeria Ekewei is primarily concentrated in: Bayelsa, where 96 percent reside, Kwara, where 2 percent reside and Rivers, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 2 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 Ekewei
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