Ekih Surname
Approximately 92 people bear this surname
Ekih Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 35 | 1:5,061,222 | 131,727 |
| Philippines | 32 | 1:3,163,694 | 143,904 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
Ekih (538) may also be a first name.
Ekih Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekih Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekih (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻛﻴﻪ) is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Ekih.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekih? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,943,350th most commonly used surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 79,212,456 people. The last name Ekih is predominantly found in Asia, where 51 percent of Ekih are found; 51 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 47 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Ekih is also the 363,474th most common forename globally, borne by 538 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 5,061,222. In Nigeria Ekih is most prevalent in: Cross River, where 77 percent live, Lagos, where 20 percent live and Ebonyi, where 3 percent live. Beside Nigeria Ekih exists in 6 countries. It is also found in The Philippines, where 35 percent live and Malaysia, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ekih Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ekih in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻛﻴﻪ | akyh | - |
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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 Ekih
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