Ekime Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Ekime Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 42 | 1:4,217,685 | 117,088 |
| DR Congo | 41 | 1:1,801,941 | 95,514 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Benin | 2 | 1:5,167,801 | 84,334 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Ekime (55) may also be a first name.
Ekime Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekime Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Ekime is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekime? popularity and diffusion
Ekime is the 1,931,261st most frequent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. The surname Ekime is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Ekime are found; 48 percent are found in West Africa and 47 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Ekime is also the 1,336,256th most frequently used forename on earth, held by 55 people.
It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is held by 42 people, or 1 in 4,217,685. In Nigeria Ekime is most numerous in: Bayelsa, where 40 percent live, Delta, where 26 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 14 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 44 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 4 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 Ekime
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