Ekien Surname
Approximately 502 people bear this surname
Ekien Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivory Coast | 485 | 1:47,570 | 2,964 |
| Cameroon | 15 | 1:1,384,605 | 80,726 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Ekien (327) may also be a first name.
Ekien Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekien Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekien occurs in The Ivory Coast more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekien? popularity and diffusion
It is the 614,324th most numerous surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 14,517,024 people. The last name Ekien occurs mostly in Africa, where 72 percent of Ekien are found; 69 percent are found in West Africa and 69 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 484,932nd most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 327 people.
It is most frequent in The Ivory Coast, where it is held by 485 people, or 1 in 47,570. In The Ivory Coast Ekien is most prevalent in: Lacs District, where 38 percent live, Abidjan Autonomous District, where 28 percent live and Comoé District, where 17 percent live. Apart from The Ivory Coast this surname exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 percent live and Malaysia, where 0 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 Ekien
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