Ekise Surname
Approximately 203 people bear this surname
Ekise Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 105 | 1:439,809 | 23,523 |
| Nigeria | 87 | 1:2,036,124 | 71,256 |
| Papua New Guinea | 10 | 1:815,372 | 88,623 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Ekise (32) may also be a first name.
Ekise Demographics
Ekise Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Ekise Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekise Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekise is found in Kenya more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekise? popularity and diffusion
The surname Ekise is the 1,173,425th most widespread family name world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 35,899,241 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Ekise live; 52 percent live in East Africa and 46 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Ekise is also the 1,840,253rd most frequently held first name at a global level. It is borne by 32 people.
This last name is most common in Kenya, where it is carried by 105 people, or 1 in 439,809. In Kenya Ekise is primarily found in: Busia County, where 86 percent live, Bungoma County, where 9 percent live and Kisumu County, where 4 percent live. Barring Kenya Ekise exists in 3 countries. It is also found in Nigeria, where 43 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live.
Ekise Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya and Christian (100%) in Nigeria.
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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 Ekise
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