Ekinya Surname
Approximately 334 people bear this surname
Ekinya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 332 | 1:533,563 | 26,209 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ekinya (56) may also be a first name.
Ekinya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekinya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekinya is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Ekinya.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekinya? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ekinya is the 828,895th most frequently held surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 21,819,000 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekinya are found; 99 percent are found in West Africa and 99 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,321,957th most prevalent given name internationally, borne by 56 people.
Ekinya is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is borne by 332 people, or 1 in 533,563. In Nigeria Ekinya is most frequent in: Cross River, where 93 percent live, Federal Capital Territory, where 2 percent live and Lagos, where 2 percent live. Beside Nigeria this surname occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 0 percent live and Uganda, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekainya | 92 | 1 | / |
| Ikinya | 83 | 235 | / |
| Ekenya | 83 | 199 | / |
| Ekinia | 83 | 11 | / |
| Ekinyo | 83 | 10 | / |
| Ekinja | 83 | 1 | / |
| Jikinya | 77 | 270 | / |
| Eškinja | 77 | 253 | / |
| Ekeanya | 77 | 221 | / |
| Yekenya | 77 | 173 | / |
| Eskinja | 77 | 134 | / |
| Gikinya | 77 | 111 | / |
| Jekenya | 77 | 73 | / |
| Ekinyos | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ekenyah | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ekenyat | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ikeinya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Jeekinyash | 75 | 1 | / |
| Ikinia | 67 | 98 | / |
| Ikenya | 67 | 92 | / |
| Ekenja | 67 | 29 | / |
| Ekenia | 67 | 21 | / |
| Ikinea | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ekenyo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Ekinjo | 67 | 1 | / |
| Jkenya | 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
- 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 Ekinya
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