Ekeye Surname
Approximately 154 people bear this surname
Ekeye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 116 | 1:636,893 | 47,292 |
| Mauritania | 27 | 1:151,662 | 8,378 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
The alternate forms: Ekéye (1) are calculated separately.
Ekeye (14) may also be a first name.
Ekeye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekeye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekeye (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﻴﻪ) is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Ekéye. Click here for further possible spellings of Ekeye.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekeye? popularity and diffusion
Ekeye is the 1,409,418th most frequent family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 47,321,727 people. The last name Ekeye occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekeye are found; 75 percent are found in Central Africa and 75 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,024,661st most common first name globally It is held by 14 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 116 people, or 1 in 636,893. Beside The DR Congo this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 18 percent are found and Nigeria, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ekeye Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ekeye in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﻴﻪ | akyh | 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
- 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 Ekeye
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