Ekiring Surname

460,168th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 734 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Uganda
Highest density in:
Uganda

Ekiring Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ekiring Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Uganda3711:105,22710,408
Kenya3621:127,56910,522
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Ekiring (74) may also be a first name.

Ekiring Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Ekiring Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Ekiring is found most in Uganda. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ekiring? popularity and diffusion

The surname Ekiring is the 460,168th most frequently held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 9,928,537 people. Ekiring occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ekiring are found; 100 percent are found in East Africa and 84 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Ekiring is also the 1,125,792nd most commonly occurring first name on earth. It is borne by 74 people.

The last name is most frequently used in Uganda, where it is held by 371 people, or 1 in 105,227. In Uganda it is primarily found in: Tororo District, where 59 percent live, Katakwi District, where 9 percent live and Bugiri District, where 7 percent live. Apart from Uganda this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 49 percent live and The Netherlands, where 0 percent live.

Ekiring Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Ekiring surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ekirieng931/
Ekirng921/
Okiring866,736/
Ikiring864,128/
Akiring8697/
Ekering8671/
Ekuring861/
Ikiriong809/
Iikiring802/
Jikiring801/
Ekirinke801/
Eckering801/
Okirng772/
Jeckering7592/
Yeckering7580/
Okering7129/
Ekeräng719/
Akering716/
Yeckerinng711/
Ekkerink6777/
Ackering671/
Jäckering63102/
Gickering630/
Hickering630/
Ackeräng535/
Ikerinke531/
Akerueng531/

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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 Ekiring
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