Ekie Surname
Approximately 794 people bear this surname
Ekie Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 221 | 1:93,978 | 11,213 |
| Gabon | 202 | 1:9,352 | 1,744 |
| Ivory Coast | 199 | 1:115,936 | 5,803 |
| Nigeria | 68 | 1:2,605,041 | 84,856 |
| Indonesia | 42 | 1:3,148,790 | 173,812 |
| Papua New Guinea | 33 | 1:247,082 | 33,879 |
| Malaysia | 18 | 1:1,638,568 | 67,452 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 1 | 1:1,135,674 | 984 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
Ekie (670) may also be a first name.
Ekie Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekie Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekie is more commonly found in Cameroon than any other country or territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekie? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 433,161st most widely held last name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 9,178,269 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 81 percent of Ekie reside; 54 percent reside in Central Africa and 54 percent reside in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 320,531st most frequently occurring given name internationally, borne by 670 people.
The last name Ekie is most prevalent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 221 people, or 1 in 93,978. In Cameroon Ekie is most common in: Southwest Region, where 52 percent live, Northwest Region, where 28 percent live and Centre Region, where 15 percent live. Not including Cameroon it exists in 13 countries. It is also found in Gabon, where 25 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 25 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
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- 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 Ekie
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