Ekewenu Surname

1,465,390th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 145 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Ekewenu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Ekewenu Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1191:1,488,59556,907
England171:3,277,533109,658
Northern Ireland51:369,00715,220
Canada41:9,211,398321,528

Ekewenu Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ekewenu Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ekewenu has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of Ekewenu click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekewenu? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,465,390th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 50,258,937 people. The surname Ekewenu occurs mostly in Africa, where 82 percent of Ekewenu live; 82 percent live in West Africa and 82 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname Ekewenu is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 119 people, or 1 in 1,488,595. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Delta, where 54 percent live, Lagos, where 19 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 9 percent live. Barring Nigeria Ekewenu is found in 3 countries. It is also found in England, where 12 percent live and Northern Ireland, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekewonu863/
Okewenu862/
Akowenu7111/
Akowhenu6741/
Akowanu57290/
Okowanu574/
Akowonu572/
Akiwonu572/
Okowonu571/
Akowanau531/
Akowwanu531/
Akowehenu501/
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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 Ekewenu
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