Ekia Surname
Approximately 1,211 people bear this surname
Ekia Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congo | 833 | 1:5,989 | 930 |
| Cameroon | 121 | 1:171,645 | 18,315 |
| Uganda | 104 | 1:375,378 | 24,063 |
| DR Congo | 55 | 1:1,343,265 | 79,223 |
| Indonesia | 30 | 1:4,408,306 | 217,989 |
| Niger | 26 | 1:738,154 | 17,467 |
| Ivory Coast | 23 | 1:1,003,097 | 24,580 |
| Gabon | 9 | 1:209,910 | 2,378 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Ekia (812) may also be a first name.
Ekia Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekia Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekia occurs in The Congo more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekia? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 310,992nd most frequent surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 6,017,792 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 97 percent of Ekia reside; 84 percent reside in Central Africa and 84 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 286,863rd most common first name at a global level, borne by 812 people.
The surname Ekia is most frequently used in The Congo, where it is held by 833 people, or 1 in 5,989. In The Congo it is most numerous in: Brazzaville Department, where 65 percent live, Plateaux Department, where 23 percent live and Cuvette Department, where 10 percent live. Other than The Congo it exists in 10 countries. It is also found in Cameroon, where 10 percent live and Uganda, where 9 percent live.
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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 Ekia
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