Ekinye Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Ekinye Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
Ekinye (38) may also be a first name.
Ekinye Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekinye Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekinye is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekinye? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most widespread surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 63 percent of Ekinye reside; 63 percent reside in West Africa and 63 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekinye is also the 1,662,754th most widespread forename on earth It is held by 38 people.
The last name Ekinye is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 35,428,552. In Nigeria it is most numerous in: Rivers, where 60 percent are found, Cross River, where 20 percent are found and Ebonyi, where 20 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 38 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ekineye | 92 | 16 | / |
| Ekenye | 83 | 144 | / |
| Ekinay | 83 | 123 | / |
| Ekinge | 83 | 25 | / |
| Ekinei | 83 | 10 | / |
| Ekiney | 83 | 4 | / |
| Ikinye | 83 | 2 | / |
| Ekinje | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ekinea | 83 | 1 | / |
| Ekinie | 83 | 1 | / |
| Eskinay | 77 | 16 | / |
| Yekinee | 77 | 9 | / |
| Yekinie | 77 | 3 | / |
| Ekeanye | 77 | 2 | / |
| Ikeinye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikionye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikinaye | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ekiniya | 77 | 1 | / |
| Ikienoye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Aikinoye | 71 | 1 | / |
| Ikenye | 67 | 1,340 | / |
| Ekenge | 67 | 327 | / |
| Ikinei | 67 | 30 | / |
| Ikinea | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ekinai | 67 | 6 | / |
| Ekinji | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ekenie | 67 | 5 | / |
| Ikinge | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ekenue | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ekenae | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ecineu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekeney | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikinje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Eaikeniye | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikinee | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikinay | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ikiney | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hekinejad | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekuingeih | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekänge | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekenje | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekinja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ykinie | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ekeinhead | 67 | 0 | / |
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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 Ekinye
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