Ekeya Surname
Approximately 1,270 people bear this surname
Ekeya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 888 | 1:52,004 | 5,251 |
| Uganda | 298 | 1:131,004 | 12,094 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Ekeya (234) may also be a first name.
Ekeya Demographics
Ekeya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ekeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekeya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﻴﺎ) occurs most in Kenya. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekeya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ekeya is the 299,542nd most commonly occurring last name on earth It is held by around 1 in 5,738,225 people. The surname Ekeya occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Ekeya reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 65 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Ekeya is also the 585,759th most common forename worldwide, borne by 234 people.
Ekeya is most prevalent in Kenya, where it is carried by 888 people, or 1 in 52,004. In Kenya it is most prevalent in: Busia County, where 79 percent reside, Bungoma County, where 19 percent reside and Nairobi County, where 1 percent reside. Not including Kenya it occurs in 10 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 23 percent reside and The DR Congo, where 2 percent reside.
Ekeya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Ekeya last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Ekeya last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.
Ekeya earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 8.65% less than the national average, earning $39,417 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ekeya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ekeya in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﻴﺎ | akya | 25 |
| ﺍﻛﻲ | aky | 25 |
| ﺃﻛﻴﻪ | akyh | 25 |
| ﺃﻛﻲ | aky | 25 |
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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
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- 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 Ekeya
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