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 surname Ekhai is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Ekhai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekhai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,255,512th most widespread surname world-wide, held by around 1 in 102,641,492 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ekhai live; 70 percent live in East Africa and 69 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 3,487,849th most commonly held first name globally, held by 11 people.
The surname is most numerous in Kenya, where it is carried by 50 people, or 1 in 923,598. In Kenya Ekhai 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. Barring Kenya this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found 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 surname is chiefly 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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