Ekiri Surname
Approximately 296 people bear this surname
Ekiri Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 172 | 1:1,029,900 | 43,269 |
| Congo | 58 | 1:86,019 | 7,322 |
| Spain | 15 | 1:3,116,802 | 65,296 |
| Cameroon | 12 | 1:1,730,756 | 92,157 |
| Uganda | 11 | 1:3,549,025 | 89,142 |
| Israel | 8 | 1:1,069,704 | 62,476 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1:9,235,980 | 55,978 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,196 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Ekiri (208) may also be a first name.
Ekiri Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekiri Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ekiri (Arabic: اكيري) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekiri? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 902,012th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 24,620,088 people. Ekiri occurs predominantly in Africa, where 89 percent of Ekiri live; 59 percent live in West Africa and 58 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 627,410th most common first name on earth. It is borne by 208 people.
It is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is borne by 172 people, or 1 in 1,029,900. In Nigeria it is most common in: Bayelsa, where 54 percent are found, Cross River, where 16 percent are found and Benue, where 8 percent are found. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in The Congo, where 20 percent are found and Spain, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ekiri Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ekiri in the Arabic language | ||
| اكيري | akyry | - |
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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
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- 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 Ekiri
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