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) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekih? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,943,350th most widespread family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 79,212,456 people. The last name Ekih occurs mostly in Asia, where 51 percent of Ekih live; 51 percent live in Southeast Asia and 47 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 363,474th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 538 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 35 people, or 1 in 5,061,222. In Nigeria it is mostly found in: Cross River, where 77 percent are found, Lagos, where 20 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria it is found in 6 countries. It also occurs in The Philippines, where 35 percent are found and Malaysia, where 16 percent are found.
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
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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 Ekih
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