Ekike Surname
Approximately 46 people bear this surname
Ekike Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 41 | 1:4,320,555 | 118,938 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
Ekike (41) may also be a first name.
Ekike Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekike Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekike occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekike? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,876,555th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Ekike live; 89 percent live in West Africa and 89 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,590,275th most frequently held first name throughout the world. It is borne by 41 people.
The last name Ekike is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 4,320,555. In Nigeria it is mostly concentrated in: Akwa Ibom, where 54 percent are found, Ebonyi, where 17 percent are found and Lagos, where 10 percent are found. Other than Nigeria this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 7 percent are found and Taiwan, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Ekike
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