Ekinyi Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Ekinyi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 29 | 1:6,108,371 | 148,179 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Ekinyi (165) may also be a first name.
Ekinyi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekinyi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekinyi is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekinyi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ekinyi is the 3,485,539th most commonly used last name on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekinyi live; 91 percent live in West Africa and 91 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Ekinyi is also the 712,876th most frequent forename worldwide It is held by 165 people.
The surname Ekinyi is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 29 people, or 1 in 6,108,371. In Nigeria Ekinyi is primarily found in: Cross River, where 38 percent are found, Kaduna, where 28 percent are found and Benue, where 21 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Uganda, where 6 percent are found and Cameroon, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Ekinyi
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