Ekisi Surname
Approximately 57 people bear this surname
Ekisi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 26 | 1:6,813,183 | 158,601 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Ekisi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ekisi Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ekisi (Russian: Экиси) is found in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Ekisi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Ekisi is the 2,555,468th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. The last name Ekisi occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Ekisi are found; 46 percent are found in West Africa and 46 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 26 people, or 1 in 6,813,183. In Nigeria Ekisi is mostly concentrated in: Abia, where 69 percent live, Lagos, where 15 percent live and Akwa Ibom, where 4 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 37 percent live and South Africa, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ekisi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ekisi in the Russian language | ||
| Экиси | ekisi | - |
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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 Ekisi
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