Ekeyi Surname
Approximately 508 people bear this surname
Ekeyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 507 | 1:349,394 | 18,879 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Ekeyi (65) may also be a first name.
Ekeyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekeyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekeyi is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekeyi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 609,110th most frequently used last name globally It is held by around 1 in 14,345,563 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekeyi are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekeyi is also the 1,212,820th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 65 people.
This surname is most frequently occurring in Nigeria, where it is held by 507 people, or 1 in 349,394. In Nigeria Ekeyi is most frequent in: Kogi, where 76 percent reside, Federal Capital Territory, where 10 percent reside and Lagos, where 5 percent reside. Beside Nigeria this surname exists in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 0 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 Ekeyi
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