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 surname Ekime is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Ekime.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekime? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ekime is the 1,931,261st most frequent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 78,360,709 people. 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. It is also the 1,336,256th most numerous forename at a global level, borne by 55 people.
The surname Ekime is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 42 people, or 1 in 4,217,685. In Nigeria Ekime is most common in: Bayelsa, where 40 percent reside, Delta, where 26 percent reside and Akwa Ibom, where 14 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 5 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 44 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 4 percent reside.
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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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