Ekileng Surname

4,116,508th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Ekileng Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ekileng Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda221:1,774,51360,490
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Ekileng Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ekileng Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Ekileng has its highest incidence in Uganda. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Ekileng click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekileng? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,116,508th most common last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 316,849,822 people. The surname Ekileng occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekileng live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 57 percent live in East Bantu Africa.

It is most frequent in Uganda, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 1,774,513. In Uganda it is most frequent in: Ngora District, where 41 percent reside, Tororo District, where 41 percent reside and Bugiri District, where 5 percent reside. Outside of Uganda it exists in one country. It also occurs in Kenya, where 4 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Akileng861,043/
Ikileng86761/
Okileng86279/
Ekiling862/
Ekeleng861/
Okaileng80122/
Ikaileng802/
Akaileng802/
Akoileng801/
Ikleng771/
Ikeleng71120/
Ekeling7119/
Akiling716/
Okiling713/
Ikiling711/
Okeleng711/
Hikeleng6710/
Jaikleng671/
Hakiling671/
Ikieling671/
Eskeling670/
Hickiling633/
Heckeling630/
Akeling579/
Akuling577/
Okuling576/
Ikeling574/
Iceling570/
Aykilinc5334/
Aquiling5313/
Yokeling531/
Hakkeling50103/
Hokkeling5066/
Hackeling5040/

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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 Ekileng
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