Ekiji Surname
Approximately 62 people bear this surname
Ekiji Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 56 | 1:342,715 | 9,958 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
Ekiji (18) may also be a first name.
Ekiji Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekiji Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekiji occurs more in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekiji? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,436,415th most frequent family name internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekiji live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 90 percent live in Chadic Africa. Ekiji is also the 2,608,198th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 18 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Niger, where it is borne by 56 people, or 1 in 342,715. In Niger it is most prevalent in: Agadez Region, where 95 percent live, Zinder Region, where 4 percent live and Tahoua Region, where 2 percent live. Other than Niger it exists in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 10 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 Ekiji
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