Ekhtor Surname

4,908,606th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 16 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Ekhtor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ekhtor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776

Ekhtor Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ekhtor Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ekhtor is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekhtor? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ekhtor is the 4,908,606th most frequently used family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 455,471,620 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 94 percent of Ekhtor live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.

The surname is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 15 people, or 1 in 11,809,517. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Edo, where 87 percent are found and Lagos, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Mexico, where 6 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekhtour9239/
Gekhtor924/
Ektor9117/
Ekhttour861/
Ekhthour861/
Hektor83792/
Akhtor8322/
Ekhtur8316/
Ekhtar8312/
Ektour834/
Ehktor831/
Ecktor830/
Hecktor77410/
Hektoor77170/
Hechtor779/
Ehktour778/
Eakhtar777/
Hekhtar774/
Akhtour772/
Ehector771/
Ehigtor771/
Ehijtor771/
Akhtoor771/
Aekhtar771/
Ector731,836/
Aktor7385/
Oktor7377/
Ektar7330/
Iktor731/
Egtor731/
Hecktoor718/
Ektorova712/
Ehaijtor711/
Hechtoor711/
Akhttour711/
Akhtar671,734,807/
Hector6723,484/
Jector67271/
Ektare6797/
Ikhtar6783/
Yektar6779/
Hektar6764/
Héctor6729/
Okhtar6717/
Egtorp6710/
Ekthar677/
Gector677/
Hèctor673/
Hictor673/
Acktor672/
Ectore672/
Akthor672/
Jiktor671/
Hiktor671/
Ekture671/
Hegtor671/
Ykhtar671/
Eictor671/
Higtor670/

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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 Ekhtor
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