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 Political Affiliation
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Ekeya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekeya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekeya (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﻴﺎ) occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekeya? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ekeya is the 299,542nd most frequently occurring family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 5,738,225 people. Ekeya is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Ekeya reside; 93 percent reside in East Africa and 65 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 585,759th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 234 people.
This last name is most common in Kenya, where it is borne by 888 people, or 1 in 52,004. In Kenya Ekeya is most frequent in: Busia County, where 79 percent are found, Bungoma County, where 19 percent are found and Nairobi County, where 1 percent are found. Not including Kenya Ekeya occurs in 10 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 23 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 2 percent are found.
Ekeya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Ekeya surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political 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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