Ekhai Surname
Approximately 71 people bear this surname
Ekhai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 50 | 1:923,598 | 33,552 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
Ekhai (11) may also be a first name.
Ekhai Demographics
Ekhai Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ekhai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekhai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekhai occurs more in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekhai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 2,255,512th most frequently used surname on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 102,641,492 people. Ekhai is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ekhai live; 70 percent live in East Africa and 69 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Ekhai is also the 3,487,849th most common first name world-wide, borne by 11 people.
This last name is most common in Kenya, where it is held by 50 people, or 1 in 923,598. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Trans Nzoia County, where 96 percent are found, Nakuru County, where 2 percent are found and Turkana County, where 2 percent are found. Aside from Kenya Ekhai exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 25 percent are found and The United Arab Emirates, where 3 percent are found.
Ekhai Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Ekhai last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
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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 Ekhai
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