Ekimbe Surname
Approximately 31 people bear this surname
Ekimbe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Ekimbe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekimbe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekimbe is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekimbe? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,543,123rd most frequently held surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 235,082,126 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekimbe live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
It is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 30 people, or 1 in 5,904,759. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Cross River, where 70 percent are found, Lagos, where 27 percent are found and Ogun, where 3 percent are found. Beside Nigeria Ekimbe occurs in one country. It also occurs in Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekiembe | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ekmbe | 91 | 1 | / |
| Ekembe | 83 | 772 | / |
| Ekumbe | 83 | 269 | / |
| Ekimba | 83 | 138 | / |
| Ikimbe | 83 | 87 | / |
| Akimbe | 83 | 8 | / |
| Okimbe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Eakmbe | 83 | 1 | / |
| Jekimba | 77 | 25 | / |
| Okiembe | 77 | 5 | / |
| Ekiombi | 77 | 4 | / |
| Eckembe | 77 | 4 | / |
| Jekembe | 77 | 3 | / |
| Egkumbe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Yekembe | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekiembi | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekembeh | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekmba | 73 | 3 | / |
| Esquimbe | 71 | 1 | / |
| Okumbe | 67 | 621 | / |
| Ekemba | 67 | 438 | / |
| Ekembi | 67 | 317 | / |
| Akembe | 67 | 297 | / |
| Ikembe | 67 | 249 | / |
| Akimbi | 67 | 222 | / |
| Okembe | 67 | 150 | / |
| Akumbe | 67 | 109 | / |
| Ikimba | 67 | 101 | / |
| Akinbe | 67 | 66 | / |
| Ikumbe | 67 | 43 | / |
| Ikimbi | 67 | 23 | / |
| Ekumbi | 67 | 16 | / |
| Okimbi | 67 | 13 | / |
| Ecumbe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ikymbe | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ekinby | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekemby | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Ekimbe
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